[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 麻 + semantic 鬼 (“demon”) – a kind of demon, or their magical powers.
[edit] Han character
魔 (radical 194 鬼+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈金竹山戈 (ICHUI), 戈木竹山戈 (IDHUI), four-corner 00213)
- a kind of demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence, evil power or ability
- magic power
- familiar spirit, as in a witch's familiar
[edit] 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
[edit] Cantonese
魔 (Yale mo1)
[edit] 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.
魔 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
- demon
- evil spirit
- witch
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
Compounds
- 魔物 (まもの, mamono): a demon
- 妖魔 (ようま, yōma): a ghost, apparition or monster
- 邪魔 (じゃま, jama): trouble, bother; obstacle, hindrance; (formal) visit
- 魔鬼 (まき, maki): demon; a monster; the devil; an embodiment of evil
- 魔王 (まおう maō):
- 魔界 (まかい, makai):
- 魔境 (まきょう, makyō):
- 魔窟 (まくつ, makutsu): haunt (as of demons); den (as of thieves); brothel
- 魔手 (ましゅ, mashu): one's clutches
- 邪魔 (じゃま, jama): an obstacle; a hindrance; interference
- 魔性 (ましょう, mashō): evil spirit or influence
- 悪魔 (あくま, akuma): fiend; Satan
- 悪魔主義 (あくましゅぎ, akumashugi): satanism
- 魔神 (まじん, majin): malevolent deity, evil spirit
- 魔弾 (まだん, madan): magic bullet
- 魔酔 or 魔睡 (ますい, masui): anaesthesia; unconsciousness; to be overenthusiastic or monomaniacal (as if intoxicated)
- 魔羅 (まら, mara)
- 魔物 or 魔者 (まもの, mamono): demon; goblin
- 天魔 (てんま, tenma): demon; evil spirit
- 病魔 (びょうま, byōma): a demon of ill health; disease
- 魔幻 (まげん, magen): demonic illusion
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- 魔術 (まじゅつ, majutsu): magic, sorcery
- 魔術師 (まじゅつし, majutsushi): magician, sorcerer
- 魔術士 (まじゅつし, majutsushi): magician, sorcerer
- 魔道 (まどう, madō): the path of evil, the dark side, or magic
- 魔道師 (まどうし, madōshi): evil priest or sorcerer
- 魔道士 (まどうし, madōshi): mage
- 魔導 (まどう, madō): magic; sorcery
- 魔導師 (まどうし, madōshi): sorcerer; evil priest
- 魔導士 (まどうし, madōshi): evil priest or sorcerer
- 魔法 (まほう, mahō): magic
- 魔法師 (まほうし, mahōshi): a magician, a sorcerer
- 魔法士 (まほうし, mahōshi): a magician, a sorcerer
- 魔人 (まじん, majin): magician, sorcerer, conjurer
- 魔女 (まじょ, majo): a witch
- 魔男 (まだん, madan): a wizard
- 破魔 (はま, hama): destroy/repel/expel/banish evil; exorcism
- 魔力 (まりょく / まりき, maryoku/mariki): magic power
- 召喚魔術 (しょうかんまじゅつ, shōkan majutsu): conjuration, summoning
- 放火魔 (ほうかま, hōkama): (firefighting, criminology, psychology) a pyromaniac
- 水魔 (すいま, suima): water demon; demonic waters
- 魔法瓶 (まほうびん, mahō bin): thermos
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Korean
魔 (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma, Yale ma)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Mandarin
魔 (pinyin mó (mo2), Wade-Giles mo2)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
魔 (ma)
