削 — Chinese character
削
xuē
to pare, to scrape, to trim
- Pinyin
- xuē
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 肖 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 肖
- Japanese
- 削 as a kanji
Common words with 削
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥削 (剝削) | bō xuē | to exploit; exploitation |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 削减 (削減) | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce |
| 切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut; cutting |
| 瘦削 | shòu xuē | slim |
| 刀削面 (刀削麵) | dāo xiāo miàn | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| 削价 (削價) | xuē jià | to cut down the price |
| 削尖 | xiāo jiān | to sharpen |
| 剥削者 (剝削者) | bō xuē zhě | exploiter (of labor) |
| 剥削阶级 (剝削階級) | bō xuē jiē jí | exploiting class (in Marxist theory) |
| 削除 | xuē chú | to remove; to eliminate |
| 削瘦 | xuē shòu | thin; lean |
English words written with 削
削 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 12
- Mencius 4A.2
- Mencius 6B.6
- Mencius 6B.7
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
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