Chinese Character 減 Meanings and components.

Form

減

Meaning

減 meaning[3] in English

To Lower.

To Decrease.

To Reduce.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 減 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Xian (咸)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EIHR

How to write 減

To write減jian3to lower you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 咸xian2surname Xian arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 咸 = 減

減 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 減 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 減, looks as follow:

減
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lower . To Decrease . To Reduce . To Subtract . To Diminish
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
咸
Pinyin:xian2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Xian
戌
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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