Chinese symbol for “occult”
玄秘
xuán mì
mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for occult is 玄秘 (xuán mì), defined as: mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “occult”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玄秘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玄机 (玄機) | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles |
| 玄学 (玄學) | xuán xué | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) |
| 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | (geology) basalt |
| 玄关 (玄關) | xuán guān | entrance hall; vestibule |
| 玄妙 | xuán miào | mysterious; profound |
| 玄孙 (玄孫) | xuán sūn | great-great-grandson |
| 秘密 | mì mì | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “occult”.
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.