Chinese symbol for “executioner”
刽子手
guì zi shǒu
Traditional: 劊子手
executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for executioner is 刽子手 (guì zi shǒu), defined as: executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “executioner”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刽子手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 样子 (樣子) | yàng zi | appearance; manner |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “executioner”.
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.