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除

Exclude
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingジョ、ジ
Kun readingのぞ.く、よ.ける
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 31

Verbs with «除»

除く取り除く削除する排除する解除する除去する免除する除外する

Meanings

  1. excludeRtK
  2. remove
  3. abolish
  4. except
    あなたがメールでおっしゃることは全て正当です。価格を除いては。Everything you said in your mail is just right - except the price.tatoeba
  1. division

Popular Usage

掃除する掃除削除解除

Radicals and components

Radical阜mound
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · scales · too much · umbrella · potato · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1787

Compound words

掃除するそうじする
to clean
掃除そうじ
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
削除さくじょ
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
駆除くじょ
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
除くのぞく
to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate; to exclude
取り除くとりのぞく
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
削除するさくじょする
to delete; to remove
排除するはいじょする
to exclude; to eliminate
解除かいじょ
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; rescission; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.)
控除こうじょ
subtraction; deduction (e.g. of tax)
除外じょがい
exception; exclusion
除去じょきょ
removal; getting rid of
除籍じょせき
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
除草じょそう
weeding
除名じょめい
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
排除はいじょ
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
免除めんじょ
exemption; exoneration; discharge
除菌じょきん
disinfection; sterile filtration
除いてのぞいて
except; save
大掃除おおそうじ
major cleanup; spring cleaning
掃除機そうじき
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
虫除けむしよけ
insecticide; insect repellent
加除かじょ
insertion and deletion
刈除がいじょ
removal

Additional Examples

彼は兵役を免除されている。
He is exempt from the military service.tatoeba
彼は部屋を掃除するように私に言った。
He ordered me to clean the room.tatoeba
彼は部屋の掃除をしなければならなかった。
He had to clean his room.tatoeba
彼は部屋の掃除が嫌いだ。
He hates cleaning his room.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Remove, exclude. ⻖ (hill) + 余 — clearing away what is extra. 掃除 — cleaning.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 除

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