剃

tì
#3,283 most
frequent character
to shave

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

剃 has 刂 knife as the meaning part and 弟 as the sound part. It first meant cutting body hair, and that is still its main sense.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

剃tì
shave, to weed
剃tì
variant of 剃[ti4]

Homophones

替tì
replace, substitute, take the place of

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