Chinese Word: 刪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

刪 (Simplified: 删)HSK 5

Pinyin: shān

English Definition: to delete

Chinese Definition:
①削除文辭中的某些字句：刪除。刪改。刪減。刪定。刪節。刪夷(亦作“刪刈”)。刪繁就簡。

Antonyms: 增

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 刀

Ideographic: To cut 刂 out passages from a book 冊

Character Formation:

刪除	shān chú	to delete; to cancel	HSK 5
刪改	shān gǎi	to edit; to modify; to alter (written material)
刪節	shān jié	to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
刪減	shān jiǎn	to abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)