削 (soek3 | xiao1 xue1) : pare; reduce; subdue

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削

soek3

xiao1 xue1

[粵] soek3 [國] xiao1
[1] pare; whittle; peel; scrape
[2] [sports] chop; cut (the ball)

[粵] soek3 [國] xue1
[1] pare; whittle [used in a compound phrase]
[2] reduce; dwindle; diminish; lessen
[3] subdue; plunder; exploit; remove

[粵] soek3
soft with some amount of desired elasticity (when applied to cooking meat, fish, wontons, etc.) | also seen as 𠸑

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

削

This word has been viewed 4440 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Sep 2014 19:44

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剝削 mok1 soek3 bo1 xue1 = to exploit

削弱 soek3 joek6 xue4 ruo4 = to weaken

削減 soek3 gaam2 xue4 jian3; xiao1 jian3 = to cut down; to reduce; to lower

刮削 gwaat3 soek3 = scrape 粵

瘦削 sau3 soek3 = very thin; gaunt; angular

削資 soek3 zi1 = to make funding cuts

刀削麵 dou1 soek3 min6 dao1 xiao1 mian4 = hand shaved noodles

撇削又 pit3 soek3 jau6 = Kangxi radical 35 (go slowly) (夊)

削減戰略核武器會談 soek3 gaam2 zin3 loek6 hat6 mou5 hei3 wui6 taam4 xue1 jian3 zhan4 lue4 he2 wu3 qi4 hui4 tan2 = Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)

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