chù

dismiss

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
黑 meaning component

  Meaning component

hēi

  

black

出 sound component

  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

黜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
黜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chù

dismiss; demote, downgrade; to dismiss from office; to expel

Most common words with 黜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

废黜

to depose (a king)

to expel

罢黜

to ban

黜退

to demote