剔
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to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刀 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 剔
- Common rank
- #3,259
- Unicode
- U+5254
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 剔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑毛剔刺儿 | erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4] | |
| 无可挑剔 | excellent in every respect; flawless | |
| 没得挑剔 | excellent in every respect; flawless | |
| 挑毛剔刺 | to find fault; to carp; nitpicking | |
| 剔牙 | to pick one's teeth | |
| 剔除 | to reject; to discard; to get rid of | |
| 剔透 | pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted | |
| 挑剔 | picky; fussy | |
| 玲珑剔透 | exquisitely made; very clever |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 易 — compare how they read.