to shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure
trad. 削髮
Also written 削髮【xuē fà】
Characters in this word
2削
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to peel with a knife, to pare, to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 22993 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500