 | 削 | ||
| scrape off, pare, trim | |||
| Radical | 刀刁刂𠚣 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | soek3 |
| Japanese on reading | saku shou | Japanese kun reading | kezuru |
| Korean reading | sak | Vietnamese reading | tước |
| 削价 | [ xuē jià ] to cut down the price |
| 削减 | [ xuē jiǎn ] to cut down, to reduce, to lower |
| 削职 | [ xuē zhí ] demotion, to have one's job cut |
| 削职为民 | [ xuē zhí weí mín ] demotion to commoner (idiom) |
| 削足适履 | [ xuē zú shì lǚ ] to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed), impractical or inelegant solution |
| 削铅笔机 | [ qiān bǐ jī ] pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric) |
| 削发 | [ xuē fà ] to shave one's head, fig. to become a monk or nun, to take the tonsure |
| ⇒ 刀削面 | [ daō miàn ] knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| ⇒ 剥削 | [ bō xuē ] to exploit, exploitation |
| ⇒ 剥削者 | [ bō xuē zhě ] exploiter (of labor) |
| ⇒ 剥削阶级 | [ bō xuē jiē jí ] exploiting class (in Marxist theory) |
| ⇒ 减削 | [ jiǎn xuē ] to reduce, to cut down |
| ⇒ 被剥削者 | [ beì bō xuē zhě ] person suffering exploitation, the workers in Marxist theory |