删(shān)

HSK 7-97 strokesTrad. 刪

to delete

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Character information

Pinyin
shān
Meaning
to delete
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
刪

Origin & structure

Where 删 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰册刂

To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

册cè刂dāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 刪: To cut 刂 out passages from a book 冊

How to write 删 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 删

Common words using 删 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shān删chú除
HSK 7-9

to delete

Open 删除 page →
qīn侵shān删

(Internet slang) if this is an infringement of copyright, please notify me …

Open 侵删 page →
shān删jiǎn剪

to cut (from a movie etc); to censor

Open 删剪 page →
shān删qù去

to delete

Open 删去 page →
shān删tiē帖

to delete a forum post

Open 删帖 page →
shān删gǎi改

to edit

Open 删改 page →
shān删jiǎn减

to abridge (a text)

Open 删减 page →
shān删jié节

to abridge

Open 删节 page →

Related characters

More HSK 7-9 characters

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From 删’s common words

除侵剪去帖改减节

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