Chinese symbol for “witchcraft”
巫术
wū shù
Traditional: 巫術
witchcraft
The closest CC-CEDICT match for witchcraft is 巫术 (wū shù), defined as: witchcraft.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “witchcraft”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 巫术.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巫师 (巫師) | wū shī | wizard; magician |
| 女巫 | nǚ wū | witch; sorceress |
| 巫医 (巫醫) | wū yī | witch doctor; medicine man |
| 巫婆 | wū pó | witch; sorceress |
| 巫毒 | wū dú | voodoo (loanword) |
| 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 “witchcraft”.
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.