削 (xiāo, xuē) — Chinese Character

削

xiāo, xuē

to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

Radical: 刂 HSK 7 v, vn pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

削 decomposes into the following components:

肖刂

Semantic component: 刂; phonetic component: 肖.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 削.

减削

jiǎn xuē

切削

qiē xiāo

削价

xuē jià

削减

xuē jiǎn

削发

xuē fà

削尖

xiāo jiān

削弱

xuē ruò

削波

xuē bō

削球

xiāo qiú

削瘦

xuē shòu

削籍

xuē jí

削职

xuē zhí

Characters that share the radical 刂.

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