削
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Translingual
Han character
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削 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月中弓 (FBLN), four-corner 92200, composition ⿰肖刂)
References
- KangXi: page 140, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2000
- Dae Jaweon: page 317, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 341, character 2
- Unihan data for U+524A
Chinese
| trad. | 削 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 削 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 削 | |
|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *slewɢ) : phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews) + semantic 刂.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
削
- to pare with a knife; to peel with a knife; to scrape off the surface; to slice
- to divide; to split; to separate
- (literary, or in compounds) to reduce; to cut down
- (literary, or in compounds) to weaken
- (literary, or in compounds) to delete; to remove; to cut out
- (literary, or in compounds) to rob; to expropriate; to plunder
- (table tennis) to slice (the ball)
- (ideophonic) steep (as if sliced); precipitous; sheer
- (ideophonic) emaciated; scraggy; slender
- (historical) writing knife
- (historical) thin slips of wood used for writing; letters
Synonyms
- (to reduce):
Synonyms of 削
- (to weaken):
- (to remove):
Synonyms of 削
- (to plunder):
Usage notes
Use 剝/剥 (bāo) for peeling something with one's hands, like a tangerine. Use 削 (xiāo) for peeling something with a knife or peeler, like a potato.
Compounds
Derived terms from 削
Pronunciation 2
Pronunciation 3
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 削 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
削󠄁 削+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 削󠄃 削+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Readings
From Middle Chinese 削 (MC sɨɐk̚):
From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 削 (qiào, xiào):
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)←せう (seu, historical)
From native Japanese roots:
Compounds
Vietnamese
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