加減

See also: 加减

Chinese

to add; plus
 
to lower; to decrease; to reduce
to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (加減)
simp. (加减)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (98) (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠa/ /kˠɛmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚa/ /kᵚæmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ka/ /kɐmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨ/ /kəɨmX/
Li
Rong
/ka/ /kɐmX/
Wang
Li
/ka/ /kɐmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ka/ /kămX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa1 gaam2

Verb

加減

  1. (literally) to increase or decrease; to add or subtract
  2. (figurative) to adjust

Derived terms

Adverb

加減

  1. (Hakka, Hokkien) somewhat; to some extent; more or less
  2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) casually; carelessly

Derived terms

  • 加减好

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (加減):
  • Japanese: ()(げん) (kagen)
  • Korean: 가감(加減) (gagam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げん [kàgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

()(げん) (kagen) 

  1. addition and subtraction
  2. adjustment, moderation
  3. degree, amount (of seasoning, heating, etc.)
    さじ加減(かげん)()ない
    Saji kagen o shiranai.
    They do not know the right number of spoonfuls.
  4. physical condition, how one is feeling

Derived terms

Suffix

()(げん) (-kagen) 

  1. the degree of
  2. to that degree
  3. just right
    (はい)加減(かげん)()
    hairi kagen no yu
    bathwater that's just right to enter

Verb

()(げん)する (kagen suru) transitive suru (stem ()(げん) (kagen shi), past ()(げん)した (kagen shita))

  1. adjust, make an allowance

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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