Chinese Word: 刪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

刪 (Simplified: 删)HSK 5

Pinyin: shān

English Definition: to delete

Chinese Definition:
①削除文辞中的某些字句：删除。删改。删减。删定。删节。删夷(亦作“删刈”)。删繁就简。

Antonyms: 增

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 刀

Ideographic:To cut 刂 out passages from a book 冊

Character Formation:

刪除HSK 5	shān chú	to delete; to cancel
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)