除 — Chinese character
除
chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
- Pinyin
- chú
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 阝 余
- Formation
- ideographic — The waste 余 produced by a city 阝
- Japanese
- 除 as a kanji
Common words with 除
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 删除 (刪除) | shān chú | to delete; to cancel |
| 解除 | jiě chú | to remove; to sack |
| 除非 | chú fēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 开除 (開除) | kāi chú | to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) |
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down; to demolish |
| 清除 | qīng chú | to clear away; to eliminate |
| 除此之外 | chú cǐ zhī wài | apart from this; in addition to this |
| 除外 | chú wài | to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing) |
English words written with 除
除 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Zhuangzi 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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