妖
goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,848 U+5996
How 妖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 夭 (phonetic, yāo)
How to remember it
bewitching · Heisig RSH #1696
女 woman + 夭 die young
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夭 (yāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夭 sound component | yāo | young, energetic; to die young |
| 沃 | wò | to water, to irrigate; fertile, rich |
| 跃 | yuè | to skip, to jump, to frolic |
| 袄 | ǎo | coat, jacket, outerware |
| 饫 | yù | full, satiated; to confer |
| 岙 | ào | island |
Words containing 妖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小妖精 | xiǎo yāo jīng | goblin; hussy; floozy |
| 兴妖作怪 | xīng yāo zuò guài | lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom); fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble |
| 妖术师 | yāo shù shī | warlock; sorcerer |
| 人妖 | rén yāo | transvestite; transsexual; ladyboy |
| 妖人 | yāo rén | magician; sorcerer |
| 小妖 | xiǎo yāo | small demon |
| 妖气 | yāo qì | sinister appearance; monster-like appearance |
| 妖物 | yāo wù | monster |
| 妖风 | yāo fēng | evil wind |
| 口袋妖怪 | Kǒu dài Yāo guài | Pokémon (Japanese media franchise) |
| 妖魔化 | yāo mó huà | to demonize |
| 作妖 | zuò yāo | (dialect) to cause trouble; to act up |
| 妖言 | yāo yán | heresy |
| 照妖镜 | zhào yāo jìng | magic mirror for revealing goblins; fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy |
| 妖女 | yāo nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 蓝色妖姬 | lán sè yāo jī | blue rose |
| 妖精 | yāo jing | evil spirit; alluring woman |
| 妖魔鬼怪 | yāo mó guǐ guài | (idiom) all kinds of evil spirits or malevolent beings |
| 妖术 | yāo shù | sorcery |
| 妖言惑众 | yāo yán huò zhòng | to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies |