邪
demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal
6 strokes
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How 邪 is formed
How to remember it
wicked · Heisig RSH #2845
tusk + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 邪 as their sound component
These characters all use 邪 (xié) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪 sound component | xié | wrong, evil, demonic; perverse, depraved, heterodox |
| 琊 | yá | a place in eastern Shandong |
Words containing 邪
| 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) |