魍

魍 U+9B4D, 魍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4D ← 魌 [U+9B4C] CJK Unified Ideographs 魎 → [U+9B4E]

Translingual

Han character

魍 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 竹戈月廿女 (HIBTV), four-corner 2721₂, composition ⿺鬼罔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45869
• Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4434, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9B4D

Chinese

trad.		魍
simp. #		魍
alternative forms		蝄 蛧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魍
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	*maːŋ, *maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	*maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒	*maːŋ, *maŋs
朚	*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	*maːŋ, *maŋ
杗	*maːŋ, *maŋ
荒	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	*maŋ, *maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	*maŋ, *maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	*maŋ, *maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maŋʔ): semantic 鬼 (“ghost”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎng (wang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎng
    • Wade–Giles: wang³
    • Yale: wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
    • Palladius: ван (van)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mong⁵
    • Yale: móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
    • Tâi-lô: báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: barng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon
    • MiniDict: maon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjangX

Rime
Character	魍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文兩切
Baxter	mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋX/
Li Rong	/miuaŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魍
Reading #	1/1
No.	12682
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	网
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/
Notes	同蛧見漢賦

Definitions

魍

1. only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)

Compounds

• 打脊魍魎 / 打脊魍魉
• 瞞魍魎 / 瞒魍魉
• 魍魎 / 魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)
• 魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
    • Tâi-lô: báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: barng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/

Definitions

魍

1. (Hokkien) trick; ploy

Compounds

• 變啥魍 / 变啥魍 (pìⁿ-siáⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)
• 變魍 / 变魍 (pìⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji

魍

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Spirits of mountains and streams

Readings

• Go-on: もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}

Compounds

• 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
• 魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)

Korean

Hanja

魍 (eum 망 (mang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

魍: Hán Nôm readings: võng

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References

• Nom Foundation