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Chinese symbol for “exonerate”

昭雪
zhāo xuě
to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exonerate is 昭雪 (zhāo xuě), defined as: to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate.

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Characters and stroke order

昭 zhāo
bright, luminous; clear, manifest
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
雪 xuě
snow; wipe away shame, avenge
radical 173 ⾬ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exonerate”

WordPinyinMeaning
开脱 (開脫)kāi tuōto exculpate; to absolve
开脱罪责 (開脫罪責)kāi tuō zuì zéto absolve sb from guilt; to exonerate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 昭雪.

WordPinyinMeaning
臭名昭著chòu míng zhāo zhùnotorious; infamous
昭示zhāo shìto declare publicly; to make clear
恶名昭彰 (惡名昭彰)è míng zhāo zhānginfamous; notorious
昭然若揭zhāo rán ruò jiēabundantly clear
臭名昭彰chòu míng zhāo zhāngnotorious for his misdeeds (idiom); infamous
滑雪huá xuěto ski; skiing
冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
雪山xuě shānsnow-capped mountain

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.