Read Edit View history 减 jiǎn HSK4 decrease Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound. Simplified form of 減. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 减 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 減 ×减 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 冫 is a component form of 冰. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 减 Simp strokes 减 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 减 Simp strokes 减 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 减 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 181, 699 ], [ 269, 623 ], [ 286, 585 ] ], [ [ 174, 57 ], [ 159, 95 ], [ 156, 135 ], [ 182, 181 ], [ 282, 407 ] ], [ [ 410, 521 ], [ 425, 514 ], [ 460, 516 ], [ 679, 579 ], [ 725, 582 ] ], [ [ 347, 541 ], [ 378, 502 ], [ 367, 368 ], [ 351, 283 ], [ 330, 216 ], [ 297, 142 ], [ 259, 82 ], [ 232, 53 ] ], [ [ 416, 392 ], [ 462, 393 ], [ 533, 421 ], [ 578, 428 ] ], [ [ 382, 287 ], [ 404, 254 ], [ 425, 105 ] ], [ [ 417, 286 ], [ 431, 278 ], [ 525, 305 ], [ 545, 293 ], [ 553, 283 ], [ 543, 232 ], [ 539, 220 ], [ 520, 203 ] ], [ [ 445, 145 ], [ 461, 162 ], [ 515, 177 ], [ 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