减 to lower, to decrease, to reduce, to subtract, to diminish 冫,咸,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ゲン
GE　N

Kun-yomi

へ(る　･　へ(らす
he　ru　･　he　ra　su

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

冫

ヒョウ,こおり drip by drip; cooling process, congeal, change between two physical states, to freeze up, cease motion

　variant of TWO
…or: emphasis marker DRIP with HEAD SLIDING
　

咸

カン,ゲン,× stinging sensation, salty, widespread, same feeling among all; miserly

　ERECTION and PUNCTURING PENETRATION with ORIFICE, MOUTH
…or: FIFTH OF A SEQUENCE with ONE and ORIFICE(S), MOUTH, CAVITIES OR PASSAGES OF THE BODY
　

Meanings of elements

COOLING PROCESS, LOWER TEMPERATURE, CONGEAL, STIFFEN, HARDEN, CHANGE BETWEEN TWO PHYSICAL STATES, SOFT AND HARD, DRIP BY DRIP, ONE DROP AFTER ANOTHER, TO FREEZE UP, CEASE MOTION with STINGING SENSATION, SALTY, WIDESPREAD, SAME FEELING AMONG ALL, MISERLY

「Congealed and stinging sensation, widespread」refers to the intense burning sensation during urination that accompanies a gonorrhea infection, and to the flow of salty urine that DIMINISHES, DECREASES until it DWINDLES due to scar tissue forming within the urethra, underscoring the need for a bougie to ream the「penile aperture, meatus」and remove some of the blockage.
　「Ice with salt」will cause both of those substances in the solid physical state to DIMINISH, DECREASE, REDUCE. Adding salt to water substantially LOWERS the temperature freezing point (why this occurs is another story, but can be simply stated as the salt ions disrupt the crystallization patterns of water molecules and inhibit connections). Widespread sprinkling of salt over ice will eventually melt the ice and dissolve the salt under weather conditions that are generally not more than ten degrees or so below the freezing point of fresh water. After even a tiny amount of ice under the spread salt crystals changes to water, due to sunshine or friction when stepped upon, or due to the very thin film of liquid water that covers most ice and snow (normally, unnoticeable by people). That tiny amount of liquid water will begin to dissolve some salt, lowering the freezing point of the water. This pattern continues until all the ice has melted, or until the salt has fully dissolved and then washed away, or the solution becomes too dilute to appreciably lower the freezing point of water below the ambient temperature.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
Unihan extended: decrease, subtract, diminish
EDRDG: decrease; subtract; diminish

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.