削

xiāo · xuē

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HSK 7-9TOCFL L49 strokestop 20 by use on the map →

1to peel with a knife

2to pare

3to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

Etymology

pictophonetic · knife

Radical

刂 · to pare, to scrape, to trim

Composition

⿰肖刂

Writing

stroke order · 9

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Words with 削

削xiāo 剥削bōxuē 削弱xuēruò 削减xuèjiǎn