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減 = 水 + 戌 + 口
減 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dwindle”. It is built from 水 (water), 戌 (march) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 391.
- Keyword
- dwindle
- RTK frame
- 391
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ゲン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- へ.る, へ.らす
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- сокращаться
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 減 decrease
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 減 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “march” + “mouth”. 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.