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Translingual
Han character
魑 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈卜山月 (HIYUB), four-corner 20212, composition ⿺鬼离)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 61
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45901
- Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4436, character 3
- Unihan data for U+9B51
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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謧
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*reːl, *rel
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璃
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*reːl, *rel
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離
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*reːls, *rel, *rels
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縭
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*rel
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离
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*rel, *r̥ʰel
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醨
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*rel
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樆
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*rel
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褵
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*rel
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漓
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*rel
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黐
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*rel, *r̥ʰel
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籬
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*rel
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灕
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*rel
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蘺
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*rel
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攡
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*rel
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魑
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*r̥ʰel
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螭
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*r̥ʰel
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摛
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*r̥ʰel
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *r̥ʰel) : semantic 鬼 (“ghost”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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魑
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trhje ›
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Old Chinese
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/*r̥aj/
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English
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demon
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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魑
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7795
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Phonetic component
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离
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Rime group
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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摛
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Old Chinese
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/*r̥ʰel/
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Definitions
魑
- (mythology) Used in 魑魅 (chīmèi).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
魑
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Mountain spirits
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
魑 • (ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
魑: Hán Nôm readings: si
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References