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Translingual
Han character
魔 (Kangxi 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
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462 , character 67
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45906
Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4436, character 11
Unihan data for U+9B54
Chinese
Glyph origin
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 / 形声 , OC *maːl ) : phonetic 麻 ( OC *mraːl) + semantic 鬼 ( “ demon ” ) .
Etymology
Clipping of 魔羅 (MC ma la ), from Sanskrit मार ( māra , “ killing ; death ; destroyer ; demon ” ) .
Pronunciation
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.
Synonyms
凶煞 ( xiōngshà ) ( literally or figuratively ) 凶神 ( xiōngshén ) ( literally or figuratively ) 妖 ( yāo ) 妖孽 ( yāoniè ) 妖怪 ( yāoguài ) 妖物 ( yāowù ) 妖精 ( yāojīng ) 妖鬼 ( yāoguǐ ) 妖魔 ( yāomó ) 孽 ( niè ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 怪物 ( guàiwu ) 惡魔 / 恶魔 ( èmó ) ( literally or figuratively ) 煞 ( Taiwanese Hokkien ) 煞神 ( shàshén ) ( literary, literally or figuratively ) 精怪 ( jīngguài ) 精靈 / 精灵 ( jīnglíng ) 邪魔 ( xiémó ) 魔障 ( mózhàng ) ( Buddhism ) 魔鬼 ( móguǐ ) ( literally or figuratively )
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
魔
Kyūjitai [ 1]
魔󠄁 魔 +󠄁
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
魔󠄃 魔 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
魔
(Jōyō kanji )
⿸广マ, a Ryakuji for 魔, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 摩 ; compare 機 and 議 .
demon , evil spirit
sorcery , witchcraft
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 魔 (MC ma ).
Pronunciation
Affix
魔( ま ) • (ma )
demon , devil , evil spirit , evil influence
References
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914 ) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō : Kōbunsha, →DOI , page 2387 (paper), page 1245 (digital)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 魔 (MC ma ). Recorded as Middle Korean 마 ( ma ) (Yale : ma ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
魔 (eumhun 마귀 마 ( magwi ma ) )
hanja form? of 마 ( “ demon ” )
Compounds
Compounds
마법 (魔法 , mabeop , “magic ”)
마력 (魔力 , maryeok , “magical power /strength ”)
악마 (惡魔 , angma , “demon ; devil ; fiend ”)
마귀 (魔鬼 , magwi , “devil ; demon ghost ”)
마녀 (魔女 , manyeo , “witch , sorceress ”)
마술 (魔術 , masul , “magic ”)
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
魔 : Hán Việt readings: ma
chữ Hán form of ma ( “ ghost ” ) .