shān

to cut

To cut  out passages from a book 

Components
册 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

book

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

删 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
删 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shān

to cut; delete, erase; to geld; to delete

Most common words with 删
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to delete

删除

to delete

删减

to abridge (a text)

删去

to delete

删节

to abridge