魅

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		魅
simp. #		魅

Glyph origin

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
    • Tâi-lô: bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 魅

1. (mythology) a kind of legendary evil spirit

   魑魅 (chīmèi)

   鬼魅 (guǐmèi)

2. captivate, charm

   魅力 (mèilì)

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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

Compounds with 魅

• 生魑魅(いきすだま) (ikisudama)
• 魘魅(えんみ) (enmi)
• 厭魅(えんみ) (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)
• 魅力(みりょく) (miryoku)
• 魅力的(みりょくてき) (miryokuteki)
• 魅惑(みわく) (miwaku)
• 木魅(もくび) (mokubi)

Affix

魅(み) or 魅(affix) • (mi or affix) [[Category:Japanese
|み]]

1. charm; fascination

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Korean

Hanja

魅 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

魅: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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