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Chinese symbol for “exclude”

除外
chú wài
to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exclude is 除外 (chú wài), defined as: to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for.

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

除 chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exclude”

WordPinyinMeaning
除chúto get rid of; to remove
排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge
排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove
排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude
去掉qù diàoto get rid of; to exclude

Related words

Other words that share a character with 除外.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
删除 (刪除)shān chúto delete; to cancel
解除jiě chúto remove; to sack
除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
消除xiāo chúto eliminate; to remove
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

See also: Japanese symbol for “exclude”.

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.

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