除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
除了
chúle
except; besides
Characters in this word
了 le
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 除了他都来。 Chúle tā dōu lái. Everyone is coming except him.
- 除了茶，我喝水。 Chúle chá, wǒ hē shuǐ. Besides tea, I drink water.
- 除了我没人去。 Chúle wǒ méi rén qù. No one is going except me.
Related words
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 除夕 chúxī Chinese New Year's Eve
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 了 le particle for a completed action or a change
- 极了 jíle extremely (after adjectives)
- 了 le already (completed action or change)
- 为了 wèile for (purpose)
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about