邪

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demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal

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Formation & memory

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Components 牙阝

wicked · Heisig RSH #2845

tusk + city walls

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
正邪相争	zhèng xié xiāng zhēng	term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣\|正气…
偏邪不正	piān xié bù zhèng	biased; prejudiced (idiom)
邪不敌正	xié bù dí zhèng	good will always triumph over evil (idiom)
改邪归正	gǎi xié guī zhèng	to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
邪典电影	xié diǎn diàn yǐng	cult film
中邪	zhòng xié	to be possessed; to be bewitched
无邪	wú xié	without guilt
邪气	xié qì	evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogen…
邪道	xié dào	see 邪路[xie2 lu4]
风邪	fēng xié	pathogenic influence (TCM)
邪门	xié mén	strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices
邪恶轴心	xié è zhóu xīn	the Axis of Evil
病邪	bìng xié	pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM; as opposed to vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4]
邪路	xié lù	deviant path; evil ways
舍正从邪	shě zhèng cóng xié	to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
正邪	zhèng xié	opposition between vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣\|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
邪教	xié jiào	evil cult
邪说	xié shuō	harmful teachings; evil doctrine
邪知邪见	xié zhī xié jiàn	false wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)
扶正压邪	fú zhèng yā xié	to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)

These characters use 邪 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
邪 sound part	xié	wrong, evil, demonic; perverse, depraved, heterodox
琊	yá	a place in eastern Shandong