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谪居

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Pīnyīn
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(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *谪* | 谪* | *谪
13画
charge, blame; disgrace; demote
3072
IVYCB
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *居* | 居* | *居
8画
live, dwell, reside, sit
7726.4
SJR

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谪* | 谪* | *谪
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China) / to banish or exile / (of immortals) to banish from Heaven / to censure / to blame
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谪* | 谪* | *谪
variant of 謫|谪
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
surname Ju
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms