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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- xue1
- English meanings
- to peel with a knife, to pare, to cut (a ball at tennis etc), to pare, to reduce, to remove, Taiwan pr. [xue4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 肖; right 刂.
Meaning & sound clues
刂 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “knife”.
肖 is identified as the sound component (xiào). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 削.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
study
study; learn; school
cave; hole
sap
snow
boot
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 削弱
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