Chinese symbol for “arcane”
玄虚
xuán xū
Traditional: 玄虛
(intentionally) mysterious; arcane
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arcane is 玄虚 (xuán xū), defined as: (intentionally) mysterious; arcane.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玄虚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玄机 (玄機) | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles |
| 玄学 (玄學) | xuán xué | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) |
| 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | (geology) basalt |
| 玄关 (玄關) | xuán guān | entrance hall; vestibule |
| 玄妙 | xuán miào | mysterious; profound |
| 玄孙 (玄孫) | xuán sūn | great-great-grandson |
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.