除 chú except

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, 除 is in band 6. HSK 6 explained

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中除means except. Picture a family dinner where someone asks who likes spicy food. You say everyone does, except your little brother, who only wants plain rice. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

除 is written in 9 strokes.

除 — the Chinese character for except (chú), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 除 — except

Senses

to get rid of
to remove
to exclude
to eliminate
to wipe out
to divide
except
not including

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Where 除 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 6 Practise Topic: Grammar words Practise

除 is pronounced chú and means “except”.