除
chú
to get rid of
to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
mound/steps (阝) + surplus (余) = remove what remains
阝 here represents a mound or steps (its original form depicts a terraced hill), and 余 suggests surplus or what remains. Clearing the extra away from an elevated boundary — removing, excluding, wiping out what should not remain.
Words with 除
除灵
chú líng
to expel spirits
除颤
chú chàn
to defibrillate
阑尾切除术
lán wěi qiē chú shù
appendectomy (medicine)
释除
shì chú
(formal) to dispel (doubts); to allay (concerns)
开除党籍
kāi chú dǎng jí
to expel from the Party
开除
kāi chú
to expel (a member of an organization)
开除学籍
kāi chú xué jí
to expel from school
除法
chú fǎ
division (math.)
除臭剂
chú chòu jì
deodorant
除暴
chú bào
to eliminate outlaws
除不尽
chú bù jìn
indivisible (math)
除了
chú le
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")