魔

魔	U+9B54, 魔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B54

← 魓
[U+9B53]

CJK Unified Ideographs

魕 →
[U+9B55]

Translingual

Han character

魔 (radical 194, 鬼+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈金竹山戈 (ICHUI) or 戈木竹山戈 (IDHUI) or 戈木竹戈 (IDHI), four-corner 0021₃, composition ⿸麻鬼)

Derived characters

𭤞, 𤜘, 𮫩

References

KangXi: page 1462, character 67
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45906
Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4436, character 11
Unihan data for U+9B54

Chinese

simp. and trad.		魔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	mral, mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	maːl, maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	maːl, maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	maːls, mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːl) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 鬼 (“demon”).

Etymology

Clipping of 魔羅 (MC muɑ lɑ), from Sanskrit मार (māra, “killing; death; destroyer; demon”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mó (mo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

(Chengdu, SP): mo²
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹, mo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô
Min Bei (KCR): mǒ̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): mô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mo²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mo²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mo
  - IPA ^(key): /mo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹, mo⁴
  - Yale: mō, mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹, mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹, mo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
  - IPA: /mo²⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǒ̤
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô
  - IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /muɑ/▼

Rime
Character	魔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫婆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/
Li Rong	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*maːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魔
Reading #	1/1
No.	8705
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	摩
Old Chinese	/*maːl/
Notes	梵譯māra，梁武帝改磨爲魔

Definitions

魔

(Buddhism) mara (demon)
devil; demon; evil spirit
fiend; harmful or evil thing or person
magic; the unnatural
crazy; delusional, manic
to be obsessed with; idolatry.
- 寶釵道：「可真是詩魔了。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  宝钗道：“可真是诗魔了。” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Bǎochāi dào: “Kě zhēn shì shī mó le.” [Pinyin]
  Baochai says: “[She] really has been under a poetry craze.”

Compounds

Derived terms from 魔

伏魔大帝
入魔 (rùmó)
天魔外道
天魔舞
好事多魔
妖魔 (yāomó)
妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
寶魔／宝魔
惡魔／恶魔 (èmó)
文魔
混世魔王
潑魔／泼魔
牛魔王
狐媚魔道
病魔 (bìngmó)
瘋魔／疯魔
睡魔
群魔亂舞／群魔乱舞 (qúnmóluànwǔ)
花魔酒病
著魔／着魔 (zháomó)
詩魔／诗魔
變魔術／变魔术
走火入魔 (zǒuhuǒrùmó)
走魔入火
邪魔 (xiémó)
邪魔外道
面魔羅／面魔罗

風魔／风魔
風魔九伯／风魔九伯
鬧魔／闹魔
魔力 (mólì)
魔合羅／魔合罗
魔咒 (mózhòu)
魔媼／魔媪
魔宮／魔宫
魔山
魔幻 (móhuàn)
魔影 (móyǐng)
魔念
魔怔
魔怪 (móguài)
魔意
魔手
魔掌 (mózhǎng)
魔數／魔数
魔方 (mófāng)
魔星
魔杖 (mózhàng)
魔板
魔棍
魔法 (mófǎ)
魔法石
魔爪 (mózhǎo)

魔王 (mówáng)
魔王夜叉
魔瓶
魔窟 (mókū)
魔笛
魔羅／魔罗 (móluó)
魔芋 (móyù)
魔術／魔术 (móshù)
魔術師／魔术师 (móshùshī)
魔術數字／魔术数字
魔術方塊／魔术方块 (móshù fāngkuài)
魔術蛇／魔术蛇
魔道 (módào)
魔鏡／魔镜 (mójìng)
魔障 (mózhàng)
魔難／魔难 (mónàn)
魔電／魔电
魔音傳腦／魔音传脑
魔頭／魔头 (mótóu)
魔駝／魔驼
魔高一尺，道高一丈
魔鬼 (móguǐ)
魔鬼學派／魔鬼学派
魔鬼湖
魔鬼身材
魘魔法／魇魔法

Japanese

Ryakuji for 魔, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical/semantic) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 摩; compare 機 and 議.

Kanji

魔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

demon, evil spirit
sorcery, witchcraft

Readings

Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ば (ba)

Compounds

閻 (えん)魔 (ま) (Enma)
妖 (よう)魔 (ま) (yōma)
霊 (れい)魔 (ま) (reima)
邪 (じゃ)魔 (ま) (jama)
魔 (ま)鬼 (き) (maki)
魔 (ま)王 (おう) (maō)
魔界 (まかい) (makai)
魔 (ま)境 (きょう) (makyō)
魔窟 (まくつ) (makutsu)
魔 (ま)手 (しゅ) (mashu)
邪 (じゃ)魔 (ま) (jama)
魔 (ま)性 (しょう) (mashō)
悪魔 (あくま) (akuma)
悪魔主義 (あくましゅぎ) (akumashugi)
魔 (ま)神 (じん) (majin)
魔 (ま)弾 (だん) (madan)
魔酔 (ますい) (masui)
魔睡 (ますい) (masui)
魔 (ま)羅 (ら) (mara)
魔物 (まもの) (mamono)
魔者 (まもの) (mamono)
天 (てん)魔 (ま) (tenma)
病 (びょう)魔 (ま) (byōma)
水魔 (すいま) (suima)
魔 (ま)羅 (ら) (mara)
魔 (ま)幻 (げん) (magen)
魔術 (まじゅつ) (majutsu)
魔術師 (まじゅつし) (majutsushi)
魔術士 (まじゅつし) (majutsushi)
魔 (ま)道 (どう) (madō)
魔 (ま)道 (どう)師 (し) (madōshi)
魔 (ま)道 (どう)士 (し) (madōshi)
魔 (ま)導 (どう) (madō)
魔 (ま)導 (どう)師 (し) (madōshi)
魔 (ま)導 (どう)士 (し) (madōshi)
魔 (ま)法 (ほう) (mahō)
魔 (ま)法 (ほう)円 (えん) (mahōen)
魔 (ま)法 (ほう)師 (し) (mahōshi)
魔 (ま)法 (ほう)士 (し) (mahōshi)
魔 (ま)人 (じん) (majin)
魔 (ま)女 (じょ) (majo)
魔 (ま)男 (だん) (madan)
破 (は)魔 (ま) (hama)
祓魔 (ふつま) (futsuma)
魔力 (まりょく) (maryoku)
放 (ほう)火 (か)魔 (ま) (hōkama)
魔 (ま)法 (ほう)瓶 (びん) (mahōbin)
使 (つか)い魔 (ま) (tsukaima)
魔 (ま)が差 (さ)す (magasasu)
魔 (ま)の海 (うみ) (manōmi)
魔 (ま)除 (よ)け (mayoke)
お邪魔虫 (じゃまむし) (ojamamushi)
誤 (ご)魔 (ま)化 (か)す (gomakasu)

Korean

Hanja

魔 (eum 마 (ma))

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Compounds

魔力 (마력, maryeok)
魔法 (마법, mabeob)

Vietnamese

Han character

魔: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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