| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塩 【エン】 salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.), chloride
- 塩化 【エンカ】 chloridation, salification, chloride
- 減塩 【ゲンエン】 reduction of salt, sodium restriction
- 岩塩 【ガンエン】 halite, rock salt
Kun reading compounds
- 塩 【しお】 salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, hardship, toil, trouble, saltiness, cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
- 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt
- 岩塩 【がんえん】 halite, rock salt
- 手塩 【てしお】 table salt, small plate
Readings
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- sal
Portuguese
- Sal
French
- sel
| 354 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 451 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 428 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1058 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1125 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 730 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 439 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1152 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 924 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 385 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 774 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 456 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5382 | Morohashi |
| 631 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1075 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1458 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 603 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1474 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 4811.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5869 | Unicode hex code |