删除 shānchú▶ ลบ

Stroke order

删除 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 删 — 7 strokes
• 除 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to delete
2. to cancel

Related words

• 除夕วันส่งท้ายปีเก่า
• 除非เว้นแต่, นอกจาก
• 除ยกเว้น
• 废除ยกเลิก
• 开除ขับไล่, ไล่ออก
• 排除กำจัด; เอาออก; ห้าม

删除 is pronounced shānchú and means “ลบ”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 删除 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.