| 除 | chú xié | to guard against evil / to exorcise | 
| 除 | chú | to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including | 
| 邪 | xié | old variant of 邪 | 
| 邪 | xié | demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal |