Chinese symbol for “pare”
削
xuē
to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pare is 削 (xuē), defined as: to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pare”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刡 | mǐn | to scrape; to pare |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pare”.
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.