Chinese symbol for “inferno”
阴曹
yīn cáo
Traditional: 陰曹
hell; the inferno
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inferno is 阴曹 (yīn cáo), defined as: hell; the inferno.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inferno”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阴曹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 阴影 (陰影) | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 阴道 (陰道) | yīn dào | vagina |
| 阴茎 (陰莖) | yīn jīng | penis |
| 阴阳 (陰陽) | yīn yáng | yin and yang |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 阴曹地府 (陰曹地府) | yīn cáo dì fǔ | netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld |
| 市曹 | shì cáo | market; official in charge of small merchants |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inferno”.
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.