剔 tī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 易 to change 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
剔除
tīchú
to remove; to eliminate
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 数据分析前，研究人员先剔除了重复样本和明显异常值。 Shùjù fēnxī qián, yánjiū rényuán xiān tīchú le chóngfù yàngběn hé míngxiǎn yìcháng zhí. Before analysing the data, the researchers first removed duplicate samples and obvious outliers.
- 请把名单里不符合条件的人剔除。 Qǐng bǎ míngdān li bù fúhé tiáojiàn de rén tīchú. Please remove from the list the people who do not meet the requirements.
- 新版菜谱剔除了太辣的配料，老人也能吃。 Xīnbǎn càipǔ tīchú le tài là de pèiliào, lǎorén yě néng chī. The new version of the recipe left out the overly spicy ingredients, so elderly people can eat it too.
Related words
- 挑剔 tiāoti to nitpick; to be picky
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 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
- 除 chú to remove, to divide; except
- 除去 chúqù to remove; apart from; excluding
- 除外 chúwài to exclude; except for
- 废除 fèichú to abolish; to repeal