The kanji 除: meaning, readings and stroke order

除

Meaning: remove, take away
On reading: ジョ jo、ジ* ji
Kun reading: のぞ（く） nozoku
Strokes: 10
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: loại bỏ, trừ (trừ)
Japanese: のぞく。とりさる。
Korean: 없애다, 빼다 (제)
Chinese: 除去、去掉

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョ jo · on reading

そう除じょ
cleaning
毎日教室を そう除そうじょします。
We clean the classroom every day.

のぞ（く） nozoku · kun reading

除のぞく
to remove, to take out
畑の石を 除のぞきます。
I take the stones out of the field.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.