妖
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goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 女 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 妖
- Common rank
- #1,848
- Unicode
- U+5996
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Formation & memory
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Words with 妖
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小妖精 | goblin; hussy; floozy | |
| 兴妖作怪 | lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom); fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble | |
| 妖术师 | warlock; sorcerer | |
| 人妖 | transvestite; transsexual; ladyboy | |
| 妖人 | magician; sorcerer | |
| 小妖 | small demon | |
| 妖气 | sinister appearance; monster-like appearance | |
| 妖物 | monster | |
| 妖风 | evil wind | |
| 口袋妖怪 | Pokémon (Japanese media franchise) | |
| 妖魔化 | to demonize | |
| 作妖 | (dialect) to cause trouble; to act up | |
| 妖言 | heresy | |
| 照妖镜 | magic mirror for revealing goblins; fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy | |
| 妖女 | beautiful woman | |
| 蓝色妖姬 | blue rose | |
| 妖精 | evil spirit; alluring woman | |
| 妖魔鬼怪 | (idiom) all kinds of evil spirits or malevolent beings | |
| 妖术 | sorcery | |
| 妖言惑众 | to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 夭 — compare how they read.