Chinese symbol for “nefarious”
邪
xié
demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nefarious is 邪 (xié), defined as: demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 邪教 | xié jiào | evil cult |
| 邪魔 | xié mó | evil spirit |
| 正邪 | zhèng xié | opposition between vital energy 正气 (zhèng qì) and pathogeny 邪气 (xié qì) (TCM) |
| 邪气 (邪氣) | xié qì | evil influence; unhealthy trend |
| 邪术 (邪術) | xié shù | sorcery |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nefarious”.
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.