邪

xié

HSK 7-96 readings

“Demonic” in Chinese is 邪 (xié).

Other characters with the syllable xie: see all 18 →

Meaning

demonic
iniquitous
nefarious

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evil
unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
(coll.) strange
abnormal
old variant of 邪[xie2]

Example

没有什么能阻碍我邪恶的计划。

Nothing will hinder my malicious plan.

From 邪恶 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

xiéold variant of 邪 / demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal
xúrare / archaic reading — uncommon; see common pronunciation(s)
yárare / archaic reading — uncommon; see common pronunciation(s)
yérare / archaic reading — uncommon; see common pronunciation(s)
yúrare / archaic reading — uncommon; see common pronunciation(s)

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Words containing 邪

邪恶xié'èsinisterHSK 7-9 改邪归正gǎixié-guīzhèngto mend one's ways (idiom)HSK 7-9

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