剔 — Chinese character
剔
tī
to pick out; to scrape off; picky
- Pinyin
- tī
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 易 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 易
- Japanese
- 剔 as a kanji
Common words with 剔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剔除 | tī chú | to reject; to discard |
| 挑剔 | tiāo ti | picky; fussy |
| 无可挑剔 (無可挑剔) | wú kě tiāo ti | excellent in every respect; flawless |
| 剔透 | tī tòu | pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted |
| 玲珑剔透 (玲瓏剔透) | líng lóng tī tòu | exquisitely made; very clever |
| 剔牙 | tī yá | to pick one's teeth |
| 挑毛剔刺 | tiāo máo tī cì | to find fault; to carp |
| 没得挑剔 (沒得挑剔) | méi dé tiāo ti | excellent in every respect; flawless |
English words written with 剔
剔 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.