Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
減 (radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水戈竹口 (EIHR), four-corner 33150, composition ⿰氵咸)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 633, character 42
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17759
- Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1671, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6E1B
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
| Characters in the same phonetic series (咸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 感
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 鱤
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 顑
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
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| 轗
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
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| 撼
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*ɡɯːmʔ
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| 憾
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*ɡɯːms
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| 喊
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*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 緘
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*krɯːm
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| 瑊
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*krɯːm, *kjum
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| 黬
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*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
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| 減
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*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 羬
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*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
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| 麙
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*ŋɡrɯːm
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| 咸
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鹹
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 醎
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 諴
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 椷
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 輱
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鍼
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*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
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| 箴
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*kjɯm
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| 葴
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*kjɯm
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| 鱵
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*kjum
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Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- kiám - vernacular;
- kám - literary;
- kiám - literary (Zhangzhou).
| Rime
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| Character
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減
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減
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| Initial (聲)
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匣 (33)
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見 (28)
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| Final (韻)
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咸 (151)
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咸 (151)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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II
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II
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| Fanqie
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下斬切
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古斬切
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ɦˠɛmX/
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/kˠɛmX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ɦᵚæmX/
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/kᵚæmX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ɣɐmX/
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/kɐmX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ɦəɨmX/
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/kəɨmX/
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Li
Rong
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/ɣɐmX/
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/kɐmX/
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Wang
Li
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/ɣɐmX/
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/kɐmX/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/ɣămX/
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/kămX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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xiàn
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jiǎn
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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減
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減
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiǎn
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jiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hɛmX ›
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‹ kɛmX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-kˁr[ə]mʔ/
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/*kˁr[ə]mʔ/
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| English
|
abridge
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reduce
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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減
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減
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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13509
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13521
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Phonetic
component
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咸
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咸
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Rime
group
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侵
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鹼
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豏
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Old
Chinese
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/*krɯːmʔ/
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/*ɡrɯːmʔ/
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Definitions[edit]
減
- to decrease; to subtract; to diminish
- (arithmetic) to subtract
- 55th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "diminishment" (𝌼)
Antonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
減
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings[edit]
減 (hiragana げん, rōmaji -gen)
- reduction
減 • (gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune–Reischauer kam, Yale kam)
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Compounds[edit]
- 減價 (감가, )
- 減量 (감량, )
- 減免 (감면, )
- 減俸 (감봉, )
- 減産 (감산, )
- 減算 (감산, )
- 減稅 (감세, )
- 減少 (감소, )
- 減速 (감속, )
- 減食 (감식, )
- 減額 (감액, )
- 減員 (감원, )
- 減資 (감자, gamja)
- 減縮 (감축, )
- 減退 (감퇴, )
- 減刑 (감형, )
- 加減 (가감, gagam)
- 激減 (격감, )
- 輕減 (경감, )
- 極減 (극감, )
- 急減 (급감, )
- 半減 (반감, )
- 削減 (삭감, )
- 低減 (저감, )
- 節減 (절감, )
- 增減 (증감, )
- 差減 (차감, )
- 遞減 (체감, )
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
減 (giảm, dởm, xảm)
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