撤
HSK 7freq #5225
Meanings
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- 1.to remove; to take away
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Wiktionary
- 1.to take away; to remove; to clear away
- 2.to withdraw; to retreat
- 3.to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve
- 4.to leave
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰed, *ded): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed) – to remove by hand. Cognate with 徹 (OC *tʰed, “to remove”). See there for more.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Derived terms
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Related words
撤销 to cancel; to revoke; to rescind撤离 to withdraw from撤退 to retreat撤换 to dismiss and replace (sb)撤档 (of a film, TV drama etc) to be withdrawn from release; to be pulled from the release schedule撤消 variant of 撤销[chè xiāo]撤稿 to withdraw a submission; to retract a submission (to a newspaper, magazine, journal etc)裁撤 to dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)撤侨 to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)撤下 to withdraw撤掉 to cut撤兵 to withdraw troops