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

除

  • Meaning

    除 means "remove, exclude, 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.

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    ji(ジ) ジ

    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomitip

    nozo.ku(のぞ-く) のぞ-く

    yo.ke(よ-け) よ-け

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords
    remove eliminate exclude omit divide appoint assign cure heal cleanse purify except minus subtract deduct sweep clear New Year Eve rid expel

Sentences including 除

  • They cleared the road of snow.

  • My mother cleans the room.

  • 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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