| 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 junior high
JLPT level N2
1143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 封 【フウ】 seal
- 封鎖 【フウサ】 blockade, lockdown, sealing off (an area), freezing (funds)
- 帯封 【オビフウ】 currency strap, banknote strap, currency band, money band, mailing wrapper (around a newspaper, etc.)
- 液封 【エキフウ】 liquid seal, liquid ring
- 封建的 【ホウケンテキ】 feudal, feudalistic
- 封建主義 【ホウケンシュギ】 feudalism
- 移封 【イホウ】 forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
- 旧封 【キュウホウ】 former fief
Readings
- Korean:
- bong
Spanish
- sello
- feudo
- prevenir
- sellar
- cerrar
Portuguese
- carimbo
- fechamento
French
- sceller
- fermeture
| 1762 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1039 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1349 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1124 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 477 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 885 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1463 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1558 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 372 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 504 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1639 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 865 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 158 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7426 | Morohashi |
| 1287 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1376 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 168 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1246 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1448 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 4410.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c01 | Unicode hex code |