削
xuē
#1,792 most
frequent character
to pare, to reduce, to remove
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
刂 knife is the picture part, and 肖 xiào supplies the sound. It first meant 'peel with a knife'; read xiāo it grew to 'cut,' and read xuē it means 'pare' or 'whittle.'
Drawn as: knife
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