删除
Old HSK 5
删除 (shānchú) · to delete
删除 (shānchú) means “to delete”. It is written with 2 characters: 删 (to delete) + 除 (to remove). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 删除 is built
The characters
删 shān · to delete
What 删 is made of
- 册cè — book
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
除 chú · to remove
What 除 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 余yú — surplus
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The waste 余 produced by a city 阝 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我不小心删除了那个文件。Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn shānchú le nàge wénjiàn.I accidentally deleted that file.
请把这张照片删除。Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhàopiān shānchú.Please delete this photo.
Questions about 删除
What does 删除 mean?
删除 (shānchú) means “to delete”.
How do you pronounce 删除?
删除 is pronounced shānchú.
Which HSK level is 删除?
删除 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 除了chúleexcept
- 除非chúfēiunless
- 除夕ChúxīChinese New Year's Eve
- 废除fèichúto abolish
- 解除jiěchúto remove
- 开除kāichúto expel
- 排除páichúto remove
- 清除qīngchúto clear away
- 消除xiāochúto remove
- 除chúto remove
Learn 删除 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 81: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.