Chinese symbol for “obsess”

迷住

mí zhu

to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for obsess is 迷住 (mí zhu), defined as: to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant.

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Characters and stroke order

迷 mí

to bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated

radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

住 zhu

to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迷住.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
球迷	qiú mí	fan (ball sports); 个 (gè)
迷你	mí nǐ	(loanword) mini-; miniature; very small
迷人	mí rén	fascinating; enchanting
迷惑	mí huo	to puzzle; to confuse
迷恋 (迷戀)	mí liàn	to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by
迷信	mí xìn	superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
居住	jū zhù	to reside; to dwell
住宅	zhù zhái	residence; dwelling; abode

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.