芟除

Chinese

cut down; mow; scythe
 
remove; do away with; wipe out
remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (芟除) 芟 除
simp. #(芟除) 芟 除

Pronunciation


Verb

芟除

  1. (literary) to weed; to mow; to cut down
  2. (literary) to eliminate; to delete (redundant words)
  3. (literary) to weed out; to exterminate; to eradicate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芟 除
さん
Hyōgaiji
じょ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さんじょ [sàńjó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

芟(さん)除(じょ) • (sanjo) 

  1. elimination, scything

Synonyms

Verb

芟(さん)除(じょ)する • (sanjo suru) suru (stem 芟(さん)除(じょ)し (sanjo shi), past 芟(さん)除(じょ)した (sanjo shita))

  1. to eliminate, to scythe, to wipe out
    速(すみ)やかに禍根(かこん)を芟除(さんじょ)する
    sumiyaka ni kakon o sanjosuru
    quickly wipe out the root of evil

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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