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Translingual
Han character
魎 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈一中月 (HIMLB), four-corner 21212, composition ⿺鬼兩)
- a kind of monster
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 39
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45870
- Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4433, character 17
- Unihan data for U+9B4E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 倆
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*raŋʔ
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| 兩
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*raŋʔ, *raŋs
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| 脼
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*raŋʔ
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| 緉
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*raŋʔ, *raŋs
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| 蜽
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*raŋʔ
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| 魎
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*raŋʔ
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| 輛
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*raŋs
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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魎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8058
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Phonetic
component
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兩
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*raŋʔ/
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Definitions
魎
- Only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
魎
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿺鬼両)
- Spirits of trees and rocks
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
魎 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)
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