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Chinese symbol for “witch”

魔女
mó nǚ
witch; sorceress; enchantress

The closest CC-CEDICT match for witch is 魔女 (mó nǚ), defined as: witch; sorceress; enchantress.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

魔 mó
demon, evil spirit; magic, spell
radical 194 ⿁ · 20 strokes
女 nǚ
woman, girl; female
radical 38 ⼥ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “witch”

WordPinyinMeaning
女巫nǚ wūwitch; sorceress
巫wūwitch; wizard
巫婆wū pówitch; sorceress
母夜叉mǔ yè chāwitch; shrew
妖妇 (妖婦)yāo fùwitch (esp. European)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 魔女.

WordPinyinMeaning
魔法mó fǎenchantment; magic
恶魔 (惡魔)è módemon; fiend
魔鬼mó guǐdevil
魔术 (魔術)mó shùmagic
魔力mó lìmagic; magic power
女人nǚ rénwoman
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
女儿 (女兒)nǚ érdaughter

See also: Japanese symbol for “witch”.

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.

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