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Chinese symbol for “downgrade”

降格
jiàng gé
to downgrade; to lower the standard; degrading; humiliating

The closest CC-CEDICT match for downgrade is 降格 (jiàng gé), defined as: to downgrade; to lower the standard; degrading; humiliating.

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

降 jiàng
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 降格.

WordPinyinMeaning
降低jiàng dīto reduce; to lower; to bring down
下降xià jiàngto decline; to drop
投降tóu xiángto surrender
降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
降临 (降臨)jiàng línto descend; to arrive
降价 (降價)jiàng jiàto cut the price; to drive down the price
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority

See also: Japanese symbol for “downgrade”.

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.