巫 — Chinese character
巫
wū
wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
- Pinyin
- wū
- Radical
- 48 ⼯ (Work)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 工 从
- Formation
- pictographic — A cross-shaped divining rod
- Japanese
- 巫 as a kanji
Common words with 巫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巫师 (巫師) | wū shī | wizard; magician |
| 女巫 | nǚ wū | witch; sorceress |
| 巫术 (巫術) | wū shù | witchcraft |
| 巫医 (巫醫) | wū yī | witch doctor; medicine man |
| 巫婆 | wū pó | witch; sorceress |
| 巫毒 | wū dú | voodoo (loanword) |
| 猎巫 (獵巫) | liè wū | to conduct a witch hunt |
| 男巫 | nán wū | wizard; warlock |
| 巫蛊 (巫蠱) | wū gǔ | witchcraft |
| 巫蛊之祸 (巫蠱之禍) | wū gǔ zhī huò | 91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft |
| 巫觋 (巫覡) | wū xí | shaman; wizard |
English words written with 巫
巫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 3
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 13.22
- Hexagram 57
- Mencius 2A.7
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.