Chinese symbol for “hangman”
吊死鬼
diào sǐ guǐ
ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hangman is 吊死鬼 (diào sǐ guǐ), defined as: ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吊死鬼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊销 (吊銷) | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself |
| 吊死 | diào sǐ | death by hanging; to hang oneself |
| 吊唁 | diào yàn | to offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole |
| 提心吊胆 (提心吊膽) | tí xīn diào dǎn | (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hangman”.
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.