谪

zhé

to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile

Traditional 謫

Variant forms 讁

Meaning

zhé zhe2

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

指谪zhǐzhéto criticize
谪居zhéjū(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
谪仙zhéxiāna genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白 (Lǐ Bái)
贬谪biǎnzhéto banish from the court; to relegate
谪戍zhéshùin exile as penal servitude