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Chinese symbol for “machining”

切削
qiē xiāo
to cut; cutting; machining

The closest CC-CEDICT match for machining is 切削 (qiē xiāo), defined as: to cut; cutting; machining.

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Characters and stroke order

切 qiē
to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
削 xiāo
to pare, to scrape, to trim
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 切削.

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
剥削 (剝削)bō xuēto exploit; exploitation
削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair

See also: Japanese symbol for “machining”.

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.