除法

chúfǎ

noun #30,135

Meanings

1 division (mathematics)

Characters

to remove; to divide

Examples

我们今天学加减乘除四则运算中的除法。

Wǒmen jīntiān xué jiā jiǎn chéng chú sì zé yùnsuàn zhōng de chúfǎ.

Today we're learning division, one of the four basic arithmetic operations.

这道除法题没有余数。

Zhè dào chúfǎ tí méiyǒu yúshù.

This division problem has no remainder.

Tips

memory

除 means "to remove/divide out" + 法 "method" — literally "the method of dividing out." Pairs with 加法 jiāfǎ (addition), 减法 jiǎnfǎ (subtraction), 乘法 chéngfǎ (multiplication).

Stroke Order

除 chú

法 fǎ