減 = 氵 + 咸

減 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “decrease”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 咸 (together).

Keyword: decrease
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiǎn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: decrease, subtract, diminish, уменьшаться, subtract, diminish
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 減 dwindle

Decomposition

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氵 water
咸 together

How to find 減 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “together”. 減 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 減 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.