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Kanji Detail for 除 - "to remove, to exclude"

除

  • Meaning

    除 means "to remove, to exclude." Also associated with to divide.

    1. Remove - To take away; to eliminate.

    2. Exclude - To leave out; to omit.

    3. Divide - To perform division; to split.

    4. Appoint - To assign to office.

  • Words using 除

    • 解除 かいじょ Listen termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding
    • 除いて のぞいて Listen except; save
    • 排除 はいじょ Listen exclusion; removal; elimination
    • 掃除 そうじ Listen cleaning; sweeping; dusting
    • 除去 じょきょ Listen removal; getting rid of
    • 除名 じょめい Listen striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion
    • 免除 めんじょ Listen exemption; exoneration; discharge
    • 除外 じょがい Listen exception; exclusion

  • Tattoo check: 除

    • Verified meaning: to remove, to exclude
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょ, じよ, のき)
    • Also carries these associations: to divide

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 除

    Surnames 除(じょ)Listen 除(じよ)Listen 除(のき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exclude; division (x/3); remove; abolish; cancel; except

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    eliminate, remove, except

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Stairs. As in 庭除 (courtyard steps). | To remove. As in 剪除 (eliminate), 掃除 (sweep away), 祓除 (purify) and the like. | To appoint to office is called 除. As in 除授 (appoint). Meaning to remove the old office and take up the new one. | The last day of the year is called 除夕 (New Year's Eve). Taking the meaning of removing the old and welcoming the new. | A type of arithmetic. Dividing a total into several parts is called 除 (division).

  • Onyomi

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    ji(ジ) ジ

    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomi

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    nozo.ku(のぞ-く) のぞ-く

    yo.ke(よ-け) よ-け

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    remove exclude divide appoint cure heal new year's eve pay clear except banish cleanse deduct dismiss eliminate eradicate expel omit purify take away

Sentences including 除

  • My mother cleans the room.

  • They cleared the road of snow.

  • I found him working in the garden.

  • I had my brother clean the room.

  • He ordered me to clean the room.

  • He was cleaning his room.

  • She helped her mother clean the house.

  • He cleaned his room on sunday.

  • Aside from this , he was in good health.

  • Our teacher made us clean the room.

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