U+9B45, 魅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B45

[U+9B44]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9B46]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 194, +5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈十木 (HIJD), four-corner 25219, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1461, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45811
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1995, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4430, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9B45

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mids
*mrɯds
*mrɯds
*mɯːds
*mɯːds
*maːds, *mɯːds
*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
*mɯds
*mɯds
*mɯds
*mɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯds) : phonetic  (OC *mɯds) + semantic  (spirit).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiH/
Li
Rong
/mjiH/
Wang
Li
/miH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*mr[ə][t]-s/
English 魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12911
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mrɯds/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (mythology) a kind of legendary evil spirit
    魑魅 (chīmèi)
    鬼魅 (guǐmèi)
  2. captivate, charm
    魅力 (mèilì)

Compounds

  • 壓魅压魅
  • 大展魅力
  • 妖魅
  • 為鬼為魅为鬼为魅
  • 狐魅

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fascination
  2. charm
  3. bewitch

Readings

Compounds

Affix

(hiragana , rōmaji mi)

  1. charm; fascination

Korean

Hanja

(eum (mae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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