削发

Traditional form:

削髮

Pinyin (reading):

xuēfà

Definitions:

• to shave one's head
• fig. to become a monk or nun
• to take the tonsure

Characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

Traditional characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 髮 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair