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删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
删 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

删 Stroke Order — How to Write 删

Stroke Order

删 is written in 7 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 刂, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

删 Radical and Character Components

Components:册刂

删 is an ideographic compound. To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册.

Radical: 刂 + 5 more strokes

删 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • shān

Meanings of 删 in Chinese

1

shān删

To delete, abridge, or revise text by removing unnecessary parts; to simplify by cutting out superfluous details.
为了让读者更容易理解，编辑建议删繁就简，把复杂的概念用简单的话语表达出来。
To make it easier for readers to understand, the editor suggested simplifying things by expressing complex concepts in simple language.

Common Words and Phrases with 删

1
shān删chú除
to delete; to remove
你可以删除那些旧的不再需要的邮件。
You can delete those old, no longer needed emails.
2
shān删diào掉
to delete; to strike off; to remove
请把报告中重复的部分删掉。
Please delete the redundant parts in the report.
3
shān删dìng定
to prune and finalize; to delete and revise a draft
这篇文章内容冗长，需要编辑认真删定
This article is lengthy and requires the editor to carefully abridge and revise it.
4
shān删fán繁jiù就jiǎn简
To simplify by cutting out the superfluous or complicated parts.
这份报告内容太多了，你需要删繁就简，突出重点。
This report contains too much information; you need to simplify it and highlight the key points.
5
shān删gǎi改
to delete and modify; to revise by deleting and modifying
编辑在发布前，仔细删改了这篇文章，使其更加精炼。
Before publishing, the editor carefully revised this article, making deletions and modifications to make it more concise.
6
shān删jié节
to abridge; to cut or delete unnecessary parts of a text to shorten it
为了使这篇文章更精炼，编辑对原稿进行了删节
To make the article more concise, the editor abridged the original manuscript.
7
shān删lüè略
To omit or leave out.
为了让文章更简洁，编辑对一些冗余的段落进行了删略
To make the article more concise, the editor abridged some redundant paragraphs by deleting them.
8
shān删qù去
To delete or remove (something).
请把报告中重复的部分删去。
Please delete the redundant parts from the report.
9
shān删tài汰
To delete and eliminate; to weed out.
为了提升产品质量，公司决定删汰掉不合格的供应商。
To improve product quality, the company decided to weed out unqualified suppliers.
10
shān删xuē削
To delete or cut out unnecessary text; to abridge; to prune.
编辑对这篇文章进行了删削，使其更加精炼。
The editor abridged this article to make it more concise.
11
shān删zhì治
to prune and manage; to trim and cultivate
这篇文章需要仔细删治，才能使逻辑更清晰。
This article requires careful editing and refinement to ensure clearer logic.

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Questions about 删

What does 删 mean in Chinese?

删 (shān) means “To delete, abridge, or revise text by removing unnecessary parts; to simplify by cutting out superfluous details” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 删?

删 is pronounced shān in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 删 have?

删 has 7 strokes.

How do you write 删?

删 is written in 7 strokes, starting from the radical 刂. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 删?

The radical of 删 is 刂, and 删 is an ideographic compound.