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The Chinese word jian - 减 - jiăn
(to subtract in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

jiăn

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English translations

to subtract, minus, to decrease, to reduce

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 减 ( jiăn ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( jian / jiăn ) with pronunciation (English translation: to subtract )
减 ( jian / jiăn ) in traditional characters
減
Topic
Numbers and Mathematics
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Character complexity
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减 is composed of 11 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to reduce  |  subtraction
减 ( jian / jiăn ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1219)
Chinese example words containing the character 减 ( jian / jiăn )
减肥 ( jiănféi = to lose weight ), 减少 ( jiănshăo = to reduce )
Other characters that are pronounced jiăn in Chinese
简 (simple) , 检 (to check) , 柬 (card) , 剪 (to cut)

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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