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Chinese symbol for “demotion”

削职
xuē zhí
Traditional: 削職
demotion; to have one's job cut

The closest CC-CEDICT match for demotion is 削职 (xuē zhí), defined as: demotion; to have one's job cut.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

削 xuē
to pare, to scrape, to trim
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes
职 zhí
duty, profession; office, post
radical 128 ⽿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 削职.

WordPinyinMeaning
剥削 (剝削)bō xuēto exploit; exploitation
削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair
削减 (削減)xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce
切削qiē xiāoto cut; cutting
瘦削shòu xuēslim
刀削面 (刀削麵)dāo xiāo miànknife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
职业 (職業)zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
职务 (職務)zhí wùpost; position

See also: Japanese symbol for “demotion”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.