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巫 - wū

wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman

wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman

How to read 巫

Click 巫 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishwizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

巫婆 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 巫山. Please read 巫峡 one more time.

Common words with this character

witch; sorceress; female shaman
Mt Wu on the Changjiang River by the Three Gorges
Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]
wizard; magician

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 巫 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 巫婆 and 巫山 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 巫.