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The character "削" is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the radical "刂" (knife) and the phonetic component "肖", which together originally denoted the physical action of scraping or cutting with a blade. Its meaning broadened from this concrete sense to encompass abstract forms of reduction or diminution, such as in the context of decreasing quantities or lowering status, while still retaining its fundamental association with removal or paring in various linguistic compounds.
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我来削铅笔。
爸爸削苹果皮。
公司削减了开支。
这场战争削弱了经济。
他决定削发为僧。
商店正在削价促销。
政府计划削减不必要的预算。
过度捕捞严重削弱了海洋生态系统。