See also: 加减

Chinese edit

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 edit



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
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 edit

加減

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

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

加減

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(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 edit

Suffix edit

()(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 edit

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

  1. adjust, make an allowance

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 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