Chinese Character 除 Meanings and components.

Form

除

Meaning

除 meaning[3] in English

To Get Rid Of.

To Remove.

To Exclude.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 除 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and surname Yu (余)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLOMD

How to write 除

To write除chu2to get … you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 余yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 余 = 除

除 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 除 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 除, looks as follow:

除
Pinyin:chu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Get Rid Of . To Remove . To Exclude . To Eliminate . To Wipe Out . To Divide . Except . Not Including
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
余
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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