Chinese symbol for “shave”
剃
tì
to shave
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shave is 剃 (tì), defined as: to shave.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “shave”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刮胡子 (刮鬍子) | guā hú zi | to shave (facial hair) |
| 剃须 (剃鬚) | tì xū | to shave (facial hair) |
| 刮 | guā | to scrape; to blow |
| 脱毛 (脫毛) | tuō máo | to lose hair or feathers; to molt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剃头 (剃頭) | tì tóu | to have one's head shaved |
| 剃刀 | tì dāo | razor |
| 剃光头 (剃光頭) | tì guāng tóu | to shave the whole head clean; crushing defeat |
| 剃度 | tì dù | to take the tonsure; to shave the head |
| 剃须刀 (剃鬚刀) | tì xū dāo | shaver; razor |
| 剃须 (剃鬚) | tì xū | to shave (facial hair) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shave”.
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.