削
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to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
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Dict coverage rank #2,132 U+524A
How 削 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 肖 (phonetic, xiào)
How to remember it
peel · Heisig RSH #129
saber + sparks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 肖
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 肖 (xiào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound component | xiào | to resemble, to look like; to be like |
| 消 | xiāo | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish |
| 销 | xiāo | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell |
| 哨 | shào | to whistle; to chirp |
| 硝 | xiāo | saltpeter; to tan leather |
| 屑 | xiè | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile |
| 宵 | xiāo | night, evening, darkness |
| 鞘 | qiào | scabbard, sheath |
| 梢 | shāo | the tip of a branch; rudder |
| 悄 | qiǎo | quiet, silent, still; anxious |
| 筲 | shāo | basket, bucket |
| 蛸 | shāo | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest |
| 峭 | qiào | steep, precipitous, rugged |
| 逍 | xiāo | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter |
| 捎 | shāo | to carry, to take; to select |
| 艄 | shāo | the stern of a ship |
| 魈 | xiāo | mischievious mountain spirit |
| 诮 | qiào | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize |
| 绡 | xiāo | raw silk |
Words containing 削
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 削职为民 | xuē zhí wéi mín | demotion to commoner (idiom) |
| 下旋削球 | xià xuán xiāo qiú | (golf, tennis) undercut |
| 刀削面 | dāo xiāo miàn | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| 削发 | xuē fà | to shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure |
| 削球 | xiāo qiú | (sport) to chop; to cut |
| 削波 | xuē bō | clipping (signal processing) |
| 削铅笔机 | xiāo qiān bǐ jī | pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric) |
| 削价 | xuē jià | to cut down the price |
| 切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut; cutting; machining |
| 削职 | xuē zhí | demotion; to have one's job cut |
| 削除 | xuē chú | to remove; to eliminate; to delete |
| 削足适履 | xuē zú shì lǚ | to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); i… |
| 被剥削者 | bèi bō xuē zhě | person suffering exploitation; the workers in Marxist theory |
| 剥削者 | bō xuē zhě | exploiter (of labor) |
| 削尖 | xiāo jiān | to sharpen |
| 削减 | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce; to lower |
| 减削 | jiǎn xuē | to reduce; to cut down |
| 剥削阶级 | bō xuē jiē jí | exploiting class (in Marxist theory) |
| 削铅笔 | xiāo qiān bǐ | to sharpen a pencil |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair; to cripple |