01087 Chinese character of 削 and pronounce soek3

The Chinese character【削】that I will teach you today is a word that describes an action or quantity. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Reduce or scrape away.

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【削】:xuē

Cantonese Jyutping of 【削】:soek3

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【削】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【削】, for example:Describe an action or quantity , It means mainly to reduce or scrape away .The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【削】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【削減、刮削】(Mandarin Pinyin:xuē jiǎn 、guā xuē/ Cantonese Jyutping:soek3 gaam2 、gwaat3 soek3)

This character has a total of 9 strokes,It is a more advanced Chinese character that is essential for daily use,This sentence highlights one way to use this character.:


他削減了不必要的開支。

He cut down on unnecessary expenses.


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