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Chinese symbol for “relegate”

降级
jiàng jí
Traditional: 降級
to demote; to relegate; to degrade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for relegate is 降级 (jiàng jí), defined as: to demote; to relegate; to degrade.

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
级 jí
level, rank; class, grade
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “relegate”

WordPinyinMeaning
贬谪 (貶謫)biǎn zhéto banish from the court; to relegate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 降级.

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
高级 (高級)gāo jíhigh level; high grade
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-

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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