除 is the Japanese kanji for exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except. It is written with 10 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is のぞ.く、-よ.け and its on reading is ジョ、ジ.
Stroke order
Words with 除
- 除くto remove, to get rid of, to take away
- 除いてexcept, save
- 解除termination (of a contract), cancellation, rescinding
- 排除exclusion, removal, elimination
- 掃除cleaning, sweeping, dusting
- 控除subtraction, deduction (e.g. of tax)
Practice 除 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.