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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “remove”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撤 | chè | to remove; to take away |
| 去除 | qù chú | to remove; to dislodge |
| 移除 | yí chú | to remove |
| 脱掉 (脫掉) | tuō diào | to remove; to take off |
| 卸下 | xiè xià | to 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.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 解释 (解釋) | jiě shì | explanation; to explain |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
| 除了 | chú le | apart 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 chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 删除 (刪除) | shān chú | to 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.