Chinese symbol for “sharpen”
削尖
xiāo jiān
to sharpen
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sharpen is 削尖 (xiāo jiān), defined as: to sharpen.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sharpen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锐化 (銳化) | ruì huà | to sharpen |
| 磨 | mó | to rub; to grind |
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen; to grind (knife blades) |
| 杠 (槓) | gàng | (old) coffin-bearing pole; thick pole; bar; rod |
| 逼尖 | bī jiān | to sharpen (one's voice) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 削尖.
| 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 |
| 尖锐 (尖銳) | jiān ruì | sharp; intense |
| 顶尖 (頂尖) | dǐng jiān | peak; apex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sharpen”.
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.