魘

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See also: 魇
魘 U+9B58, 魘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B58
← 魗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 魙 →

Translingual

Han character

魘 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一大竹戈 (MKHI), four-corner 71213, composition ⿸厭鬼)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1463, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45941
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4438, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9B58

Chinese

trad. 魘
simp. 魇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (猒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
猒 *qem, *qems
懕 *qem
饜 *qem, *qems
嬮 *qem, *qems, *qeb
厭 *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb
黶 *qemʔ
檿 *qemʔ
魘 *qemʔ, *qeb
厴 *qemʔ
擪 *qemʔ, *qeb
壓 *qreːb
靨 *qeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qemʔ, *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 鬼 (“devil”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 魘 魘
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於琰切 於葉切
Baxter 'jiemX 'jiep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiᴇmX/ /ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiɛmX/ /ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔjæmX/ /ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔiamX/ /ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiɛmX/ /ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ĭɛmX/ /ĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯ɛmX/ /ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn ye
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim2 jip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 魘 魘
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14423 14433
Phonetic
component 		猒 猒
Rime
group 		談 盍
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		黶 魘
Old
Chinese 		/*qemʔ/ /*qeb/

Definitions

魘

  1. ⁜ a nightmare; bad dream
  2. Used in 夢魘／梦魇 (mèngyǎn, “a nightmare; bad dream”).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

魘

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. To have a nightmare
  2. To make a noise during a nightmare

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)、よう (yō)
  • Kun: おそわれる (osowareru)、おそう (osō)、うなされる (unasareru)

Korean

Hanja

魘 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

魘: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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