芟 Stroke Order — How to Write 芟

Stroke Order

芟 is written in 7 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 艹, 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.

芟 Radical and Character Components

Components:艹殳

芟 is an ideographic compound. To cut grass 艹 with a scythe 殳; 殳 also provides the pronunciation.

Radical: 艹 + 4 more strokes

芟 Pronunciation and Pinyin

shān

Meanings of 芟 in Chinese

shān芟

To cut grass; by extension, to clear away or eradicate, as in weeding or deleting text.

园丁正在芟除花园里的杂草。

The gardener is weeding out the weeds in the garden.

Common Words and Phrases with 芟

shān芟chú除

To mow, cut down, or delete; to clear away or remove.

为了让文章更精炼，他决定芟除一些重复的词句。

To make the article more concise, he decided to eliminate some repetitive phrases.

shān芟qiū秋

To weed and loosen soil after the beginning of autumn, aiming to promote early ripening and full grains in crops.

为了确保今年稻谷丰收，农民们在立秋后便开始精心芟秋，希望庄稼能长得更好。

To ensure a bountiful rice harvest this year, farmers began carefully weeding and loosening the soil around their crops after the beginning of autumn, hoping the plants would grow better.