删 shān — to delete; to remove; to strike out; to edit

删

Level 1 · Common HSK 5 #815

Variant: 刪

shān shan1

Basic definition

  1. verb to delete; to remove; to strike out; to edit e.g 删除删改删节
  2. verb to cut down; to abridge; to excise e.g 删减删去删繁就简

Detailed explanation

  1. verb (会意。从刀从册。册是简册,把若干竹简编穿在一起叫“册”。简册的内容有问题,就用刀除掉,所以从“刀”。本义:削除)
  2. verb delete;leave out e.g 增删删裁 删存 · 删弃 · 删割 · 删繁 · 删抹
  3. verb bowdlerize;revise e.g 删修 · 删叙 · 删著 · 删正
  4. verb extract e.g 删本 · 删要
  5. verb dispel e.g 删夷,删刈

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