Chinese symbol for “sorcery”
邪术
xié shù
Traditional: 邪術
sorcery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sorcery is 邪术 (xié shù), defined as: sorcery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sorcery”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邪术.
| 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 |
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 艺术 (藝術) | yì shù | art |
| 学术 (學術) | xué shù | learning; science |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sorcery”.
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.