Chinese symbol for “sorceress”
女巫
nǚ wū
witch; sorceress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sorceress is 女巫 (nǚ wū), defined as: witch; sorceress.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sorceress”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魔女 | mó nǚ | witch; sorceress |
| 师娘 (師娘) | shī niáng | term of respect for a teacher's wife; sorceress |
| 巫婆 | wū pó | witch; sorceress |
| 仙姑 | xiān gū | female immortal; sorceress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 女巫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 巫师 (巫師) | wū shī | wizard; magician |
| 巫术 (巫術) | wū shù | witchcraft |
| 巫医 (巫醫) | wū yī | witch doctor; medicine man |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sorceress”.
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.