(chè): to remove, to take away

(chè) is a Chinese character meaning “to remove.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural), (structural) and (structural). It ranks #1262 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to remove
  2. to take away

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verbchè xiāoto repeal6
verbchè huíto recall6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
退chè tuìto retreat
chè líto withdraw from
chè chūto withdraw
chè xiāovariant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1]
chè sùto drop a lawsuit
chè zǒuto retire
chè jūnto withdraw troops
chè diàoto cut
hòu chèto pull back (an army)
chè huànto dismiss and replace (sb)
chè zhíto eliminate
chè chúto remove
chè bīngto withdraw troops
cái chèto dissolve (a department etc)
bù kě chè xiāo xìn yòng zhèngirrevocable letter of credit
23
Total compounds
87
As first character
9
As last character
4
As middle character

appears in 23 compound words: 87 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

xiāo
0.786180,956 co-occurrences
gōu
0.63811 co-occurrences
退tuì
0.622105,516 co-occurrences
zhà
0.61411 co-occurrences
xíng
0.56511 co-occurrences
0.54711 co-occurrences
cái
0.53432,028 co-occurrences
0.50134,320 co-occurrences
xiāng
0.49826,202 co-occurrences
zuì
0.48411 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。

tā chè le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .

He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.

StheadlineFeb 2026

巴拿马颁令长和两港口经营权 中国外交部回应

bā ná mǎ bān lìng chè cháng hé liǎng gǎng kǒu jīng yíng quán zhōng guó wài jiāo bù huí yīng

Panama ordered the withdrawal of the governor and the right to operate the two ports, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded

LtnFeb 2026

...年涨至千亿!张国炜今现身法院 加速出招“换遗嘱执行人”

. . . nián zhǎng zhì qiān yì ! zhāng guó 炜 jīn xiàn shēn fǎ yuàn jiā sù chū zhāo chè huàn yí zhǔ zhí háng rén

... Rise to 100 billion yuan a year! Zhang Guowei appeared in the court today to accelerate the move to "remove the executor"

LtnFeb 2026

要对伊朗动手了? 美国驻黎巴嫩大使馆离非紧急人员

yāo duì yī lǎng dòng shǒu le ? měi guó zhù lí bā nèn dà shǐ guǎn chè lí fēi jǐn jí rén yuán

Are you going to do something against Iran? The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon evacuated non-emergency personnel

It之家Feb 2026

日本巨头退:松下将把欧美电视销售业务转让给创维

rì běn jù tóu chè tuì : sōng xià jiāng bǎ ōu měi diàn shì xiāo shòu yè wù zhuǎn ràng gěi chuàng wéi

Japanese giants retreat: Panasonic will transfer European and American TV sales to Skyworth

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

川普:加征15%关税 各国审慎 估不会销与美协议

chuān pǔ : jiā zhēng 1 5 guān shuì gè guó shěn shèn gū bù huì chè xiāo yǔ měi xié yì

Trump: Impose 15% tariffs Countries are prudent not to withdraw the agreement with the United States

Tatoeba

苏联军队开始从阿富汗军了。

Sūlián jūnduì kāishǐ cóng āfùhàn chèjūn le.

The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Tatoeba

亨利因为伤了手臂而被销了比赛资格。

Hēnglì yīnwèi shāng le shǒubì ér bèi chèxiāo le bǐsài zīgé.

Harry had to back out of the competition because of a broken arm.

Tatoeba

士兵们离了他们的阵地。

Shìbīng men chèlí le tāmen de zhèndì.

The soldiers retreated from their positions.

Tatoeba

我想回我之前的陈述。

Wǒ xiǎng chèhuí wǒ zhīqián de chénshù.

I would like to retract my previous statement.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced chè

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 撤 (chè) mean in Chinese?
撤 (chè) primarily means "to remove." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1262 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 撤 have?
撤 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 撤?
The radical associated with 撤 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 撤?
撤 is composed of: 扌 (structural), 育 (structural), 攵 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿲扌育攵 with a left-middle-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 撤?
Common words with 撤 include: 撤退 (chè tuì, "to retreat"); 撤销 (chè xiāo, "to repeal"); 撤离 (chè lí, "to withdraw from"); 撤回 (chè huí, "to recall"); 撤出 (chè chū, "to withdraw"). There are over 23 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 撤 (chè)?
Several characters share the pronunciation chè: 车 (vehicle), 扯 (to pull), 彻 (thorough). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 撤 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 撤 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.