删

shān

to delete

Radical: 刂 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left wide, right narrowFrequency: Common

Same radical

利制前列刻别刑刺到剧则剂

Same radical

利制前列刻别刑刺到剧则剂剑削判

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Character Decomposition

删=册+刂

Etymology

To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册

Meanings

to delete

shān

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Words with 删 67 total

to delete · to cancel删除shān chú to edit · to modify · to alter (written material)删改shān gǎi to abridge (a text) · to edit out (of a movie) · to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)删减shān jiǎn to cut (from a movie etc) · to censor删剪shān jiǎn to abridge · to cut a text down to size for publication删节shān jié

Idioms with 删 3 total

simplify something by cutting out the superfluous删繁就简shān fán jiù jiǎn