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Chinese symbol for “remove”

解除
jiě chú
to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for remove is 解除 (jiě chú), defined as: to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo).

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

解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes
除 chú
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
radical 170 ⾩ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “remove”

WordPinyinMeaning
撤chèto remove; to take away
去除qù chúto remove; to dislodge
移除yí chúto remove
脱掉 (脫掉)tuō diàoto remove; to take off
卸下xiè xiàto remove (a knapsack, harness, makeup etc); (fig.) to lay aside (a burden, responsibility, anxiety etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 解除.

WordPinyinMeaning
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
删除 (刪除)shān chúto delete; to cancel

See also: Japanese symbol for “remove”.

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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