Chinese Character Wiki

黜

chù

dismiss

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.

Components
黑 meaning component

黑  Meaning component

hēi

  

black

出 sound component

出  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

黜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
黜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

黜  

chù

dismiss; demote, downgrade; to dismiss from office; to expel

Most common words with 黜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

废黜

to depose (a king)

黜

to expel

罢黜

to ban

黜退

to demote

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t.kʰ<r>ut

trhwit

chù

expel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4159th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+9EDC

Shuowen

“黜，貶下也。从黑，出聲。”


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