除 — to get rid of; to remove
to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out
- Pinyin
- chú
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 除: 9 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 除 in the HSK syllabus: 21
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 除了chúleapart from; besides; in addition toHSK 3
- 除夕chúxīlunar New Year's EveHSK 5
- 删除shānchúto delete; to cancelHSK 5
- 拆除chāichúto tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to removeHSK 6
- 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminateHSK 6
- 除非chúfēionly if; only when; only in the case that; unlessHSK 6
- 排除páichúto eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule outHSK 6
- 消除xiāochúto eliminate; to removeHSK 6
- 除去chúqùto eliminate; to remove; except for; apart fromHSK 7–9
- 除外chúwàito exclude; not including sth; except forHSK 7–9
- 废除fèichúto abolish; to abrogate; to repealHSK 7–9
- 解除jiěchúto remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieveHSK 7–9
- 开除kāichúto expel; to fireHSK 7–9
- 扣除kòuchúto deductHSK 7–9
- 免除miǎnchúto prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exemptHSK 7–9
- 破除pòchúto eliminate; to do away with; to get rid ofHSK 7–9
- 切除qiēchúto excise; to cut outHSK 7–9
- 清除qīngchúto clear away; to eliminate; to get rid ofHSK 7–9
- 去除qùchúto remove; to dislodgeHSK 7–9
- 扫除sǎochúto clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe outHSK 7–9
- 剔除tīchúto reject; to discard; to get rid ofHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.