巫

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witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wu2]

Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A cross-shaped divining rod

Components 工从

witch · Heisig RSH #850

I-beam + assembly line

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云	céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún	there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed …
巫山县	Wū shān Xiàn	Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
巫毒教	Wū dú jiào	Voodoo religion
小巫见大巫	xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū	lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom); fig. to pale into insignifican…
巫溪县	Wū xī Xiàn	Wuxi, a county in Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
巫山	Wū Shān	Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
巫山	Wū shān	see 巫山縣\|巫山县[Wu1 shan1 Xian4]
噶哈巫族	Gá hā wū zú	Kaxabu or Kahabu, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
女巫	nǚ wū	witch; sorceress
巫毒	wū dú	voodoo (loanword)
巫师	wū shī	wizard; magician
巫术	wū shù	witchcraft
巫统	Wū tǒng	UMNO (United Malays National Organization), Malaysia's largest political party
男巫	nán wū	wizard; warlock
巫医	wū yī	witch doctor; medicine man; shaman
巫溪	Wū xī	see 巫溪縣\|巫溪县[Wu1 xi1 Xian4]
巫婆	wū pó	witch; sorceress; female shaman
巫峡	Wū Xiá	Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽\|三峡[San1 Xia2]
巫蛊之祸	wū gǔ zhī huò	91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝\|汉武帝, beginning with accusations …
猎巫	liè wū	to conduct a witch hunt