减
Meaning
- to lower
- to decrease
- to reduce
Example sentence
八减四得四。
Eight minus four is four.
The character 减
减 is 冫 beside 咸: taking away. Minus in arithmetic — 五减二 — and reducing anything else: 减少 to lessen, 减肥 to lose weight, 减价 to cut a price. 加 is its opposite.