减 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 咸 all, together, united
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
减少
jiǎnshǎo
to reduce; to decrease
Characters in this word
少 shǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 请减少糖。 Qǐng jiǎnshǎo táng. Please reduce the sugar.
- 雨水减少了。 Yǔshuǐ jiǎnshǎo le. There is less rain now.
- 我们减少浪费。 Wǒmen jiǎnshǎo làngfèi. We reduce waste.
Related words
- 减 jiǎn to reduce; to subtract
- 减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight
- 减轻 jiǎnqīng to reduce; to ease
- 多少 duōshǎo how many, how much
- 少 shǎo few, little
- 不少 bùshǎo quite a few; quite a lot
- 青少年 qīngshàonián teenager; young people
- 少数 shǎoshù a few; minority
- 少年 shàonián teenager
- 缺少 quēshǎo to lack; to be short of
- 至少 zhìshǎo at least
- 下降 xiàjiàng to go down; to fall