- 阝(earthen mound; village wall; rampart)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Remove the excess remainder along the city wall's edge, like clearing away an earthen mound.
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除了
除了
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
HSK 3 (2.0)HSK 3 (3.0)2 meanings#716
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹介preposition
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
中不包括某人或某物；除去bù bāokuò mǒurén huò mǒuwù；chúqù
- ，。
No one came except for him.
- 貳连conjunction
(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 。
It's either him or me.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
除了
Traditional除
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
HSK 3 (2.0)HSK 3 (3.0)2 meanings#716
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹介preposition
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
中不包括某人或某物；除去bù bāokuò mǒurén huò mǒuwù；chúqù
- ，。
No one came except for him.
- 貳连conjunction
(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 。
It's either him or me.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 阝(earthen mound; village wall; rampart)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Remove the excess remainder along the city wall's edge, like clearing away an earthen mound.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
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