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除

chú

HSK 3.0 · 6HSK 2.0 · 5

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chú · ceoi4 (Jyutping)

  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including

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Character breakdown

除

Meaning
eliminate, remove, except
Radical
阝
Strokes
9
Components
⿰阝余
Cangjie
NLOMD
Four-corner
7829.4

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