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Chinese symbol for “excise”

切除
qiē chú
to excise; to cut out (a tumor)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for excise is 切除 (qiē chú), defined as: to excise; to cut out (a tumor).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

切 qiē
to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
除 chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “excise”

WordPinyinMeaning
摘除zhāi chúto excise; to remove an organ
割除gē chúto amputate; to excise (cut out)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 切除.

WordPinyinMeaning
一切yī qièeverything; every
密切mì qièclose; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
切实 (切實)qiè shífeasible; realistic
确切 (確切)què qièdefinite; exact
切断 (切斷)qiē duànto cut off; to sever
亲切 (親切)qīn qièamiable; cordial
除了chú leapart 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 ca
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate

See also: Japanese symbol for “excise”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.