妖 = 女 + 夭

妖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “strange”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 夭 (young).

Keyword: strange
Pinyin (Mandarin): yāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: strange, weird, supernatural, сверхъестественный, странный, weird, supernatural
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 妖 bewitched

Decomposition

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女 woman
夭 young

How to find 妖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “young”. 妖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 妖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.