芟 (shān) - To cut grass or weeds & to mow

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shān ｜ 7 strokes ｜ radical: 艹

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芟 · shān

To cut grass or weeds;

to mow;

to eliminate;

to remove.

To cut grass or weedsto mowto eliminate

Usage highlights

Cut grassEliminate weedsRemove redundancyWeeding sickleMow and harvestCut and trim

Synonyms

  • 割— to cut
  • 除— to remove
  • 删— to delete

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Farmers are cutting weeds (芟草) in the fields.
  • The editor is deleting redundant text (芟除冗文).
  • This tool is used for weeding (芟夷工具).

Collocations

  • Cut grass(芟草)
  • Eliminate weeds(芟夷)
  • Remove redundancy(芟除)
  • Weeding sickle(芟镰)
  • Mow and harvest(芟获)
  • Cut and trim(芟剪)

Idioms

  • Cut grass and eliminate roots(芟草除根)
  • Mow grass and beat nests(芟夷蕴崇)
  • Cut autumn grass(芟秋)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally referred to cutting grass with a sickle, later extended to mean eliminating or removing.
  • Used in agricultural contexts and literary works to describe the action of clearing or purging.

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