ゲン, へ.る, へ.らす
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

This kanji has 12 strokes: 4 in the "water" radical (みず) and 8 other strokes.

Sample compounds (22) :


  1. へる
    (vi) to decrease (in size or number), to diminish
  2. らす
    へらす
    (vi) to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

  3. てんびき
    lending money & taking advance interest, deduction

  4. はんげん
    (vs) reduction by half, halve

  5. げんしょう
    decrease, reduction, decline

  6. げんすい
    (vs) attenuate, decay

  7. げんか
    price reduction, depreciation, abatement

  8. さくげん
    cut, reduction, curtailment
  9. いい
    いいかげん
    (an) irresponsible, halfhearted

  10. げんてん
    (vs) subtract, give a demerit

  11. げんたん
    reduction (of crop size)

  12. げんすう
    decreasing in number, type of cell division (biol)

  13. げんさい
    (vs) lessening, diminishing, reducing

  14. げんぽう
    subtraction

  15. げきげん
    (vs) dropping sharply, decreasing rapidly

  16. せつげん
    (vs) retrenchment, curtailment, economy

  17. しゅくげん
    (vs) reduction, diminishment, contraction

  18. げんもう
    (vs) natural decrease

  19. げんし
    reduction of capital

  20. げんそく
    (vs) deceleration

  21. げんがく
    abatement
  22. らす
    すりへらす
    to wear away, to rub down, to abrade
Kanji Character : 減
Kuten Encoding : 2426
SJIS Encoding : 383a
Unicode Encoding : 6e1b
Old Nelson Index : 2637
Radical Number : 85
Frequency Ranking : 483
Gakken Index : 533
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 601
Heisig Index : 366
Henshall Index : 667
New Nelson Index : 3249
Stroke Count : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3a9.37
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 37
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 715
SKIP Code : 1-3-9
De Roo Code : 359
Four Corner Code : 3315.0
Korean reading : gam
Pinyin reading : jian3
Morohashi Index String : 17759
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 7.0091
Morohashi Index Number : 17759
Morohashi Page : 91
Morohashi Volume : 7
Cross Index Codes
  1. J13322
Dictionary Codes
  1. R359
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