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铲 (chǎn): to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel; variant of 剷|铲[chan3]; (bound form) spade; shovel

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HSK 7noun, verb

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Pinyin
Meaning: to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel; variant of 剷|铲[chan3]; (bound form) spade; shovel
Characters: 1
Part of speech: noun, verb
HSK level: HSK 7
Strokes: 11
Radical: 钅
Structure: 左右结构

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to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds)
to shovel
(bound form) spade
shovel
variant of 剷|铲[chan3]

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