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削 (xiāo): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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Animated Stroke Order 削

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How to write 削 — animated stroke order

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2.

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削 stroke order diagram

3.

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Left-Right

削=肖resemble+刂knife

A knife (刂) scrapes or peels away material (肖) — to pare or reduce.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 削

HSK words that contain this character.

削弱

xuē ruò

weaken; cripple

剥削

bō xuē

exploit

削减

xuē jiǎn

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 削 is used in context

tā他

zhèng正

zài在

yòng用

dāo刀

xiāo削

píng

Information

Pinyinxiāo

Meaningcut

Strokes9

Radical刂

Traditional削

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2024

Zhuyinㄒㄧㄠ

UnicodeU+524A

CangjieFBLN

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reduce

HSK 3.0 L7-9

苹

guǒ果

。

He is using a knife to peel the apple.

gōng公

sī司

jué决

dìng定

xuē削

jiǎn减

bú不

bì必

yào要

de的

kāi开

zhī支

。

The company decided to cut unnecessary expenses.

mā妈

ma妈

zhèng正

zài在

chú厨

fáng房

lǐ里

xiāo削

píng苹

guǒ果

pí皮

。

Mom is peeling apples in the kitchen.

wǒ我

xū需

yào要

xiāo削

qiān铅

bǐ笔

cái才

néng能

xiě写

zuò作

yè业

。

I need to sharpen my pencil to do homework.

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