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) 加 減
simp. (加减) 加 减

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 加 減
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 古牙切 古斬切
Baxter kae keamX
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. (literal) 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: 加(か)減(げん) (kagen)
  • → Korean: 가감(加減) (gagam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
加 減
か
Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

加(か)減(げん) • (kagen) 

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

Derived terms

Suffix

加(か)減(げん) • (-kagen) 

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

Verb

加(か)減(げん)する • (kagen suru) transitive suru (stem 加(か)減(げん)し (kagen shi), past 加(か)減(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. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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