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
减弱
jiǎnruò
to weaken, to diminish
Characters in this word
弱 ruò
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 弓 — bow
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 随着距离增加，信号会逐渐减弱。 Suízhe jùlí zēngjiā, xìnhào huì zhújiàn jiǎnruò. As the distance increases, the signal will gradually weaken.
- 风渐渐减弱了，海面也平静下来。 Fēng jiànjiàn jiǎnruò le, hǎimiàn yě píngjìng xiàlái. The wind gradually died down and the sea grew calm.
- 吃了药以后，疼痛慢慢减弱了。 Chī le yào yǐhòu, téngtòng mànmàn jiǎnruò le. After taking the medicine, the pain slowly eased.
Related words
- 减 jiǎn to reduce; to subtract
- 减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight
- 减少 jiǎnshǎo to reduce; to decrease
- 减轻 jiǎnqīng to reduce; to ease
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 减负 jiǎnfù to reduce burdens
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or exempt
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 弱 ruò weak