Memory phrase for the Kanji: 減

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Left: water 氵, right: (Chinese only:) salty 咸 [gǎn] (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such: salty.)

(Salt is dissolved in water over time and then no longer visible:) In water, the salt will decrease and decline.

氵	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
咸	salty	Only in Chinese: The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such: salty.
戈	halberd, spear, lance	This radical kanohoko* stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛殳斤*

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減らす	へらす	to decrease, diminish, to shorten
減る	へる	to decrease (in size or number), to diminish
減価	げんか	price reduction, depreciation
加減	かげん	addition and subtraction, degree, condition
削減	さくげん	cut, reduction, curtailment
増減	ぞうげん	increase and decrease, fluctuation
減少	げんしょう	decrease, reduction, decline
軽減	けいげん	abatement

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