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Chinese symbol for “magician”

魔术师
mó shù shī
Traditional: 魔術師
magician

The closest CC-CEDICT match for magician is 魔术师 (mó shù shī), defined as: magician.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

魔 mó
demon, evil spirit; magic, spell
radical 194 ⿁ · 20 strokes
术 shù
skill, art; method, technique; trick
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
师 shī
teacher, professional, master
radical 50 ⼱ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “magician”

WordPinyinMeaning
魔法师 (魔法師)mó fǎ shīmagician; wizard
妖人yāo rénmagician; sorcerer
巫师 (巫師)wū shīwizard; magician
眩人xuàn rénwizard; magician

Related words

Other words that share a character with 魔术师.

WordPinyinMeaning
魔法mó fǎenchantment; magic
恶魔 (惡魔)è módemon; fiend
魔鬼mó guǐdevil
魔女mó nǚwitch; sorceress
魔术 (魔術)mó shùmagic
魔力mó lìmagic; magic power
技术 (技術)jì shùtechnology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng)
艺术 (藝術)yì shùart
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher

See also: Japanese symbol for “magician”.

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.