Chinese symbol for “demonize”

妖魔化

yāo mó huà

to demonize

The closest CC-CEDICT match for demonize is 妖魔化 (yāo mó huà), defined as: to demonize.

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Characters and stroke order

妖 yāo

strange, weird, supernatural; bewitching, enchanting, seductive

radical 38 ⼥ · 7 strokes

魔 mó

demon, evil spirit; magic, spell

radical 194 ⿁ · 20 strokes

化 huà

to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 妖魔化.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
妖精	yāo jing	evil spirit; alluring woman
妖怪	yāo guài	monster; devil
人妖	rén yāo	transvestite; transsexual
妖魔	yāo mó	demon
小妖精	xiǎo yāo jīng	goblin; hussy
魔法	mó fǎ	enchantment; magic
恶魔 (惡魔)	è mó	demon; fiend
魔鬼	mó guǐ	devil
文化	wén huà	culture; civilization

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.