shān
to cut
To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 删
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to delete | ||
to delete | ||
to abridge (a text) | ||
to delete | ||
to abridge |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.3660% of movies
2337th most common character in movies
2780th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5220 |
Shuowen | “刪,剟也。从刀、冊。冊,書也。” |
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