EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    reduction by half; halving

    彼の収入は退職後半減した。
    His income was diminished by half after retirement.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

Kun
なか.ば
On
ハン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
224 of 2500
Radical
ten
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.24The Kanji Dictionary
9050.0Four corner code
1055deroo
534aUnicode hex code
1-40-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
132Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
608New Nelson (John Haig)
3501New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4313Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2936Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1202Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1286Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
224A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
213Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
150Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2707XMorohashi
195A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
88Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129sakade
28Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
214henshall3
113Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
324crowley
159Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
243Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1210Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ban4Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry

Kun
へ.るへ.らす
On
ゲン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
261 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3a9.37The Kanji Dictionary
3315.0Four corner code
359deroo
6e1bUnicode hex code
1-24-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2637Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3249New Nelson (John Haig)
601New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
436Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
366Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
391Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
533A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
610Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17759Morohashi
667A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
715Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
775sakade
694Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
693henshall3
753Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
430Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1219Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
372Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level