削 xiāo to pare, peel with a knife

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 削 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中削。

It means to peel with a knife. Your grandmother sits at the table with an apple and a small knife, and she says it as she starts. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

削 is written in 9 strokes.

削 — the Chinese character for to pare, peel with a knife (xiāo), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 削 — to pare, peel with a knife

Senses

to peel with a knife
to pare
to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

Related words

Where 削 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Food and drink Practise Topic: Everyday actions Practise

削 is pronounced xiāo and means “to pare, peel with a knife”.