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Chinese symbol for “depose”

废掉
fèi diào
Traditional: 廢掉
to depose (a king)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for depose is 废掉 (fèi diào), defined as: to depose (a king).

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

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
掉 diào
to drop, to fall, to remove
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “depose”

WordPinyinMeaning
废黜 (廢黜)fèi chùto depose (a king)
废 (廢)fèito abolish; to abandon
革职 (革職)gé zhíto sack; to remove from a position
撤掉chè diàoto cut; to throw out

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废掉.

WordPinyinMeaning
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废话 (廢話)fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
卖掉 (賣掉)mài diàoto sell off
丢掉 (丟掉)diū diàoto lose; to throw away

See also: Japanese symbol for “depose”.

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.

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