Chinese symbol for “bane”
克星
kè xīng
Traditional: 剋星
nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bane is 克星 (kè xīng), defined as: nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bane”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 克星.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 克服 | kè fú | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | (loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài) |
| 麦克 (麥克) | mài kè | (loanword) microphone |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) (loanword) |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bane”.
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.