Chinese symbol for “fiend”
煞
shà
fiend; demon; very; (Tw) SARS (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fiend is 煞 (shà), defined as: fiend; demon; very; (Tw) SARS (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fiend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶魔 (惡魔) | è mó | demon; fiend |
| 狂魔 | kuáng mó | (slang) (used after a noun to mean "obsessive devotee of") maniac; fiend |
| 凶神 (兇神) | xiōng shén | demon; fiend |
| 恶煞 (惡煞) | è shà | demon; fiend |
| 煞神 | shà shén | demon; fiend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 煞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煞车 (煞車) | shā chē | to brake (when driving) |
| 抹煞 | mǒ shā | variant of 抹杀 (mǒ shā) |
| 煞气 (煞氣) | shā qì | to vent one's anger on (an innocent party); to take it out on (sb) |
| 煞费苦心 (煞費苦心) | shà fèi kǔ xīn | to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort |
| 凶神恶煞 (兇神惡煞) | xiōng shén è shà | (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fiend”.
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.