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黜

chù

Character

What 黜 means

1. to dismiss from office
2. to expel

Words starting with 黜

• 黜退chù tuìto demote; to dismiss

Words containing 黜

• 免黜miǎn chùto dismiss; to fire; to degrade
• 废黜fèi chùto depose (a king)
• 罢黜bà chùto dismiss from office; to ban; to reject
• 镌黜juān chùto dismiss an official
• 罢黜百家，独尊儒术bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shùDismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology

Characters built on 出

These share the phonetic component 出 (chū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 础chǔfoundation; base
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 诎qūto bend; to yield; to exhaust

Characters that look like 黜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 膨péngswollen
• 鹦yīng(bound form) parrot
• 濑làiname of a river; rushing of water
• 黝yǒublack; dark green
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 黠xiá(phonetic); crafty

Sounds the same

Read chù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 触to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 处(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department…
• 畜livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
• 怵fearful; timid; to fear
• 绌crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 矗lofty; upright
• 搐to twitch; to have a spasm
• 俶to begin
• 豖a shackled pig
• 亍to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍
• 憷to be afraid
• 歜(person); angry