Kanji N3

除: exclude, division (x/3), remove

除 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning exclude, division (x/3), remove, written with 10 strokes. It is read ジョ, ジ (on) and のぞく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 掃除 (そうじ, cleaning) and 除く (のぞく, to remove).

除

Meanings

  • exclude
  • division (x/3)
  • remove
  • abolish
  • cancel
  • except
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#594 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジョ
  • ジ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • のぞく
  • -よけ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 除

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 掃除そうじ

    cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

    JLPT N5
  • 除くのぞく

    to remove; to get rid of; to take away

    JLPT N3
  • 解除かいじょ

    termination (of a contract); cancellation

    JLPT N1
  • 除外じょがい

    exception; exclusion

    JLPT N1
  • 控除こうじょ

    subtraction; deduction (e.g. of tax)

    JLPT N1
  • 排除はいじょ

    exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away

    JLPT N1
  • 免除めんじょ

    exemption; exoneration; discharge

    JLPT N1
  • 削除さくじょ

    deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

    JLPT N2

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