Chinese symbol for “haunted”
作祟
zuò suì
haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief
The closest CC-CEDICT match for haunted is 作祟 (zuò suì), defined as: haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “haunted”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 作祟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 鬼鬼祟祟 | guǐ guǐ suì suì | (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive |
| 鬼祟 | guǐ suì | evil spirit; sneaky |
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.