除 (chú)
to remove; except; to divide
How 除 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — town
- Traditional
- 除
- Simplified
- 除 (unchanged)
Common words using 除
- 除了 chúle
- besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to
- 除夕 chúxī
- (New Year's) Eve
- 刪除 shānchú
- to delete; to cancel
- 去除 qùchú
- to remove; to dislodge
- 掃除 sǎochú
- to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.)
- 排除 páichú
- to eliminate; to remove; to exclude
- 消除 xiāochú
- to eliminate; to remove
- 清除 qīngchú
- to eliminate; to get rid of
- 解除 jiěchú
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of
- 除去 chúqù
- to eliminate; to remove; except for
- 除外 chúwài
- to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for
- 除非 chúfēi
- only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that
除 in a sentence
除了他以外,大家都去了。
Chúle tā yǐwài, dàjiā dōu qù le.
“Everyone went except for him.”
How common is 除?
除 is the 464th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 74.2% of all running text.
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