Ideographic: To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册Radical:

meaning for shān:

  • - to deleteto delete
  • - to cancelto edit
  • - to modify
  • - to alter (written material)to abridge
  • - to cut a text down to size for publicationto abridge (a text)
  • - to edit out (of a movie)
  • - to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)add and delete