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巫

wū

Character

What 巫 means

1. witch
2. wizard
3. shaman
4. also pr. wú

Other readings

巫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wūsurname Wu; also pr. Wú

Example sentences

• 是巫术！
  It's witchcraft!
• 我不是巫婆。
  Wǒ bù shì wūpó.
  I am not a witch.
• 她才是真正的巫婆！
  Tā cái shì zhēnzhèng de wūpó!
  She is a true witch!
• 她是很邪恶的女巫。
  She's an evil witch.
• 玛丽打扮成一个女巫。
  Mǎlì dǎban chéng yī gè nǚwū.
  Mary dressed up as a witch.
• 巫术在原始社会扮演重要角色。
  Wūshù zài yuánshǐshèhuì bànyǎn zhòngyào juésè.
  Magic plays an important part in primitive society.

Words starting with 巫

• 巫师wū shīwizard; magician
• 巫婆wū pówitch; sorceress; female shaman
• 巫术wū shùwitchcraft
• 巫山Wū ShānMt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
• 巫峡Wū XiáWuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峡
• 巫毒wū dúvoodoo (loanword)
• 巫统Wū tǒngUMNO (United Malays National Organization), Malaysia's largest political party
• 巫裔Wū yì(Malaysia, Singapore) ethnic Malays
• 巫医wū yīwitch doctor; medicine man; shaman
• 巫山县Wū shān XiànWushan, a county in Chongqing 重庆
• 巫毒教Wū dú jiàoVoodoo religion
• 巫溪县Wū xī XiànWuxi, a county in Chongqing 重庆
• 巫蛊wū gǔwitchcraft
• 巫蛊之祸wū gǔ zhī huò91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 汉武帝, beginning with accusations of…
• 巫觋wū xíshaman; wizard; witch
• 巫溪Wū xīsee 巫溪县

Words containing 巫

• 女巫nǚ wūwitch; sorceress
• 小巫见大巫xiǎo wū jiàn dà wūlit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)…
• 猎巫liè wūto conduct a witch hunt
• 男巫nán wūwizard; warlock
• 噶哈巫族Gá hā wū zúKaxabu or Kahabu, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 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 yúnthere are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed…

Characters that look like 巫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 录lùto carve wood
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 函hánenvelope; case; letter
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 亟jí(literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly
• 劦lièunending exertion

Sounds the same

Read wū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 污dirty; filthy; foul
• 屋(bound form) house; (bound form) room
• 乌crow; black
• 於(literary) Oh!; Ah!
• 诬to accuse falsely
• 呜(onomatopoeia) for humming or whimpering
• 钨tungsten (chemistry)
• 洿dig (a pond); stagnant water
• 圬to plaster; whitewash
• 杇to plaster; whitewash
• 邬surname Wu; ancient place name