除 chú▶ excepto

Stroke order

除 is written in 9 strokes.

• 除

Senses

1. to get rid of
2. to remove
3. to exclude
4. to eliminate
5. to wipe out
6. to divide
7. except
8. not including

Related words

• 废除Abolir
• 开除Expulsar
• 排除eliminar; quitar; inhabilitar
• 消除eliminar
• 清除Eliminar
• 解除aliviar

除 is pronounced chú and means “excepto”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 除 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.