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Chinese symbol for “theatrical”

戏剧化
xì jù huà
Traditional: 戲劇化
theatrical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for theatrical is 戏剧化 (xì jù huà), defined as: theatrical.

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Characters and stroke order

戏 xì
play, show, theater
radical 62 ⼽ · 6 strokes
剧 jù
theatrical plays, opera, drama; severe, acute
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 戏剧化.

WordPinyinMeaning
游戏 (遊戲)yóu xìgame (场 (chǎng)); to play
戏剧 (戲劇)xì jùa drama; a play; theater; script of a play
戏曲 (戲曲)xì qǔChinese opera
游戏机 (遊戲機)yóu xì jīvideo game machine; video game console
演戏 (演戲)yǎn xìto put on a play; to perform
戏院 (戲院)xì yuàntheater; cinema
电视剧 (電視劇)diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama
悲剧 (悲劇)bēi jùtragedy; 出 (chū)
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “theatrical”.

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.