| 1298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1453 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 690 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1164 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1092 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1611 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1718 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 195 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1837 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 972 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 119 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2000X | Morohashi |
| 1448 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 488 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 118 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 124 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1233 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
814 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 削除 【サクジョ】 deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
- 削減 【サクゲン】 cut, reduction, curtailment
- 掘削 【クッサク】 digging out, excavation
- 開削 【カイサク】 excavation, cutting, digging
Kun reading compounds
- 削る 【けずる】 to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode, to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce, to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
- 削る 【はつる】 to shave off (esp. concrete), to take a percentage, to take a cut
- 削ぐ 【そぐ】 to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off, to sharpen, to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
Readings
- Japanese names:
- げ
- Korean:
- sag
Spanish
- cepillo
- cepillar
- tallar
- modelar
Portuguese
- Avião
- afiar
- descascar
- aparar
French
- raboter
- tailler
- affiler
- réduire
- parer
- supprimer
| 1043 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-2 | SKIP code |
| 9220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 524a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
- 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
- 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
- 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction
Kun reading compounds
- 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
- 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
- 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
Readings
- Korean:
- gam
Spanish
- menguar
- decrecer
- disminuir
- resta
- acortar
Portuguese
- definhar
- decréscimo
- reduzir
- decadência
- encurtar
- obter
- com fome
French
- diminuer
- réduire
- décliner
- décroître
- avoir faim
| 775 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 693 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 667 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 533 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2637 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 610 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 715 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 728 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 430 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1219 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 436 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17759 | Morohashi |
| 601 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 391 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 753 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a9.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e1b | Unicode hex code |