魅

魅 U+9B45, 魅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B45 ← 魄 [U+9B44] CJK Unified Ideographs 魆 → [U+9B46]

Translingual

Han character

魅 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+5, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 竹戈十木 (HIJD), four-corner 2521₉, composition ⿺鬼未)

Derived characters

• 𧭵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45811
• Dae Jaweon: page 1995, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4430, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B45

Chinese

trad.		魅
simp. #		魅
alternative forms		鬽 䰨 𢑘 𧱋 䰪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (未) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯds): phonetic 未 (OC *mɯds) + semantic 鬼 (“spirit”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ / mui⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi
• Eastern Min (BUC): māi / muôi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶mi / ⁶me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ / mui⁶
    • Yale: meih / muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ / mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ / mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²²/, /muːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: māi / muôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai³³/, /mui²⁴²/

Note:

• māi - vernacular;
• muôi - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
    • Tâi-lô: bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: muê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mue³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi
    • MiniDict: mi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶me
    • MiniDict: me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me²³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiH/
Li Rong	/mjiH/
Wang Li	/miH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[ə][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mijH ›
Old Chinese	/*mr[ə][t]-s/
English	魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
No.	12911
Phonetic component	未
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrɯds/
Notes	說文同鬽

Definitions

魅

1. (mythology) a kind of legendary evil spirit

   魑魅  ―  chīmèi  ―  evil spirits from mountain forests

   鬼魅  ―  guǐmèi  ―  all kinds of ghosts and monsters

2. to captivate; to charm; to seduce

   魅力  ―  mèilì  ―  charm

Compounds

• 壓魅 / 压魅
• 大展魅力
• 妖魅
• 為鬼為魅 / 为鬼为魅
• 狐魅
• 螭魅 (chīmèi)
• 鬼魅 (guǐmèi)
• 鬼魅伎倆 / 鬼魅伎俩
• 魅力 (mèilì)
• 魅影
• 魅惑 (mèihuò)
• 魑魅 (chīmèi)
• 魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)
• 魘魅 / 魇魅

References

• “魅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

魅

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fascination
2. charm
3. bewitch

Readings

• Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: もののけ (mononoke, 魅)、ばけもの (bakemono)、すだま (sudama, 魅)

Compounds

• 生魑魅(いきすだま) (ikisudama)
• 魘(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
• 厭(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
• 鬼魅(きび) (kibi); or 鬼魅(きみ) (kimi)
• 魑魅(すだま) (sudama); or 魑魅(ちみ) (chimi)
• 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
• 魔魅(まみ) (mami)
• 魅入(みい)る (miiru)
• 魅(み)せる (miseru)
• 魅了(みりょう) (miryō)
• 魅(み)力(りょく) (miryoku)
• 魅力的(みりょくてき) (miryokuteki)
• 魅(み)惑(わく) (miwaku)
• 木(もく)魅(び) (mokubi)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
魅
み Grade: S
goon

• IPA^(key): [mʲi]

Affix

魅(み) • (mi) 

1. charm; fascination

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ (moy) (Yale: moy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

The original reading is 미 (mi) based on Middle Chinese 魅 (MC mijH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 밍〮 (Yale: mí) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛ] ~ [me̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [매/메]

Hanja

魅 (eumhun 도깨비 매 (dokkaebi mae))

1. hanja form^? of 매 (“charm”)

Compounds

• 매력 (魅力, maeryeok)
• 매료 (魅了, maeryo)
• 매혹 (魅惑, maehok)
• 이매망량 (魑魅魍魎, imaemangnyang)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

魅: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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