Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Han character [ edit ]
除 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一木 (NLOMD ), four-corner 78294 , composition ⿰⻖ 余 )
Derived characters [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
KangXi: page 1352 , character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41669
Dae Jaweon: page 1854, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4132, character 5
Unihan data for U+9664
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
斜
*lja, *laː
茶
*rlaː
荼
*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌
*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽
*rlaː
塗
*rlaː, *l'aː
佘
*ɦlja
賒
*hljaː
畬
*hljaː, *la
舍
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨
*hljaːʔ
騇
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻
*hljaːs
稌
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩
*l̥ʰaː
捈
*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途
*l'aː
酴
*l'aː
駼
*l'aː
鵌
*l'aː, *la
涂
*l'aː, *l'a
嵞
*l'aː
峹
*l'aː
筡
*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤
*l'aː
徐
*lja
俆
*lja
敘
*ljaʔ
漵
*ljaʔ
除
*l'a, *l'as
篨
*rla
滁
*rla
蒢
*rla
蜍
*ɦlja, *la
鵨
*hljaː
瑹
*hlja
余
*la
餘
*la
艅
*la
狳
*la
雓
*la
悆
*las
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 , OC *l'a, *l'as ): semantic 阜 + phonetic 余 ( OC *la) .
Pronunciation 1 [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
除
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
chú
Middle Chinese
‹ drjo ›
Old Chinese
/*[l]<r>a/
English
remove; get rid of
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
除
Reading #
1/2
No.
15788
Phonetic component
余
Rime group
魚
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
除
Old Chinese
/*l'a/
Definitions [ edit ]
除
to remove ; to get rid of ; to exclude
( archaic ) to be assigned to a new post ; to stop serving in one post, and begin serving in another
( literary , or in compounds) except
( arithmetic ) to divide ; division
( Cantonese ) to take off (clothes); to peel off ; to strip
( literary , or in compounds) step ( on a flight of stairs )
a surname : Chu
Usage notes [ edit ]
A除以 B means "A divided by B". A除B means "B divided by A", but in colloquial speech is the same as A除以B .
除 is a transitive verb, and A除B is understood as 用A除B or 以A除B (literally "to divide B by A"), the latter of which is attested in Literary Chinese and likely gave rise to 除以 . This contrasts with 減 , which is an intransitive verb and A減B means "A decreases by B", i.e. "A minus B".
Synonyms [ edit ]
Synonyms of 除
免除 (miǎnchú )
刷 (shuā ) (colloquial )
削 (xiāo ) (literary, or in compounds )
去掉 (qùdiào )
去除 (qùchú )
報銷 /报销 (bàoxiāo ) (figurative, humorous )
屏除 (bǐngchú )
廓清 (kuòqīng )
掃除 /扫除 (sǎochú ) (figurative )
排解 (páijiě )
排除 (páichú )
摒除 (bìngchú )
撤除 (chèchú )
消弭 (xiāomǐ ) (literary )
消解 (xiāojiě )
消釋 /消释 (xiāoshì ) (figurative )
消除 (xiāochú )
淘汰 (táotài )
清除 (qīngchú )
破 (pò ) (literary, or in compounds )
破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài )
破除 (pòchú )
祛除 (qūchú )
肅清 /肃清 (sùqīng )
蕩 /荡 (dàng ) (literary, or in compounds )
解釋 /解释 (jiěshì ) (archaic )
解除 (jiěchú )
鏟除 /铲除 (chǎnchú )
除去 (chúqù )
除忒 (Hakka )
除掉 (chúdiào )
除開 /除开 (chúkāi )
革除 (géchú )
驅散 /驱散 (qūsàn )
驅走 /驱走 (qūzǒu )
驅除 /驱除 (qūchú )
Dialectal synonyms of
脫 (“to take off (clothes)”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
脫 , 褪
Mandarin
Beijing
脫 , 褪
Taiwan
脫
Harbin
脫
Muping
脫
Jinan
脫 , 褪
Wanrong
脫
Xi'an
脫
Yinchuan
脫
Lanzhou
脫
Xining
脫
Ürümqi
脫
Wuhan
脫
Chengdu
脫
Guiyang
脫
Guilin
脫
Liuzhou
脫 , 褪 , 解
Xuzhou
脫
Yangzhou
脫 , 褪
Nanjing
脫
Hefei
脫 , 褪
Malaysia
脫
Singapore
脫
Cantonese
Guangzhou
除 , 脫
Hong Kong
除 , 剝 , 解
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
剝
Macau
剝
Guangzhou (Panyu)
除
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
脫
Guangzhou (Conghua)
除 , 脫
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
除
Foshan
除
Foshan (Shunde)
除
Foshan (Sanshui)
除
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
除
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
剝
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
剝
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
剝
Zhuhai (Doumen)
剝
Jiangmen (Baisha)
除 , 剝
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
除
Taishan
脫
Kaiping (Chikan)
脫
Enping (Niujiang)
脫
Heshan (Yayao)
除
Dongguan
脫 , 除
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
剝
Yangjiang
褪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
除
Penang (Guangfu)
除
Singapore (Guangfu)
除
Gan
Nanchang
脫
Lichuan
脫
Pingxiang
推 , 剝 , 脫
Hakka
Meixian
脫
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
脫
Dongguan (Qingxi)
剝
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
剝
Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
脫
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
剝
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
剝
Conghua (Lütian)
脫
Yudu
脫
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
脫
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
脫
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
脫
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
脫
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
脫
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
脫
Huizhou
Jixi
脫 , 褪
Jin
Taiyuan
脫
Xinzhou
脫
Min Bei
Jian'ou
褪
Songxi
褪
Jianyang
褪
Min Dong
Fuzhou
褪
Gutian
褪
Ningde
褪
Zhouning
褪
Fuding
褪
Min Nan
Xiamen
褪
Quanzhou
褪
Yongchun
褪
Zhangzhou
褪
Taipei
褪
New Taipei (Sanxia)
褪
Kaohsiung
褪
Yilan
褪
Changhua (Lukang)
褪
Taichung
褪
Tainan
褪
Hsinchu
褪
Kinmen
褪
Penghu (Magong)
褪
Penang (Hokkien)
褪
Singapore (Hokkien)
褪
Manila (Hokkien)
褪
Longyan
脫
Datian
褪
Chaozhou
褪
Shantou
褪
Jieyang
褪
Singapore (Teochew)
褪
Haikou
解
Puxian Min
Putian
褪
Min Zhong
Yong'an
脫
Sanyuan
脫
Shaxian
脫
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
剝
Sanxiang
剝
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
脫
Wu
Shanghai
脫
Shanghai (Chongming)
脫
Suzhou
脫 , 褪
Wuxi
脫
Danyang
脫
Hangzhou
脫
Ningbo
脫
Wenzhou
脫
Jinhua
脫 , 褪
Xiang
Changsha
脫
Loudi
脫
Shuangfeng
脫
Antonyms [ edit ]
Compounds [ edit ]
Pronunciation 2 [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
除
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zhù
Middle Chinese
‹ drjoH ›
Old Chinese
/*lra-s/
English
pass away
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
除
Reading #
2/2
No.
15793
Phonetic component
余
Rime group
魚
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
箸
Old Chinese
/*l'as/
Definitions [ edit ]
除
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References [ edit ]
Japanese [ edit ]
除
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji )
remove
except
( mathematics ) divide
Readings [ edit ]
Compounds [ edit ]
除 (eumhun 덜 제 ( deol je ) )
Hanja form? of 덜 ( “ remove ” ) .
Compounds [ edit ]
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
除 : Hán Việt readings: trừ [1] [2] [3]
除 : Nôm readings: chừa [1] [2] [3] [4] , chừ [1] [2] [3] [4] , chờ [1] [2] [3] [4] , giờ [1] [2] [3] , trừ [1] [2] [3] , dờ [1] [2] , hờ [3] [4] , khừ [3] [4] , xờ [3] [4] , thờ [1] , dơ [3]
chữ Hán form of trừ ( “ to eliminate ; to exclude ” ) .
Nôm form of chừa .
References [ edit ]