to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) found that there's a giant popsicle (冫) obstructing the way to the bar inside of the anthill (an3). To clear the way, she reduces (减) the size of the popsicle by scattering salt (咸) all over it.

減 character breakdown

surname Xian
all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
salted / salty / stingy / miserly

= 𠮛 + : Marie Curie decided to go into retreat in the anthill's kitchen, so she blocked the entrance from the inside with her fifth wheel RV. She spent a lot of time on refining a new recipe for radioactive salt, which she finally writes down on a long scroll.

Characters with 減 as component

減 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 減

to cut down / to reduce / to lower
to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting
to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
to lower / to reduce
to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
to increase without letup / to get worse and worse (idiom)
to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down
to reduce / to cut down
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
plus-minus sign (±) / plus and minus signs (+ and -)
to deflate / to decrease (number, esp. price)
to claim a credit against / tax reduction
to lower salary / to reduce pay
to deduct points; to lose points

Sentences with 減

減 currently does not appear in any sentence.