魔

Translingual

Han character

魔 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈金竹山戈 (ICHUI) or 戈木竹山戈 (IDHUI) or 戈木竹戈 (IDHI), four-corner 0021₃, composition ⿸麻鬼)

Derived characters

• 𭤞, 𤜘, 𮫩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 67
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45906
• Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4436, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9B54

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Chinese

trad.		魔
simp. #		魔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	*maːl, *maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	*maːl, *maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	*maːls, *mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːl) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 鬼 (“demon”).

Etymology

Clipping of 魔羅 (MC ma la), from Sanskrit मार (māra, “killing; death; destroyer; demon”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ / mo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô
• Northern Min (KCR): mǒ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²
    • Yale: mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mo²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mo¹ / mo⁴
    • Yale: mō / mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ / mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ / mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma

Rime
Character	魔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫婆切
Baxter	ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/
Li Rong	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魔
Reading #	1/1
No.	8705
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	摩
Old Chinese	/*maːl/
Notes	梵譯māra，梁武帝改磨爲魔

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 魔

1. (Buddhism) mara (demon)
2. devil; demon; evil spirit
3. fiend; harmful or evil thing or person
4. magic; the unnatural
5. crazy; delusional, manic
6. to be obsessed with; idolatry.

   • 寶釵道：「可真是詩魔了。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     宝钗道：「可真是诗魔了。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Bǎochāi dào: “Kě zhēn shì shī mó le.” [Pinyin]

     Baochai says: “[She] really has been under a poetry craze.”

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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.

Kanji

魔

(Jōyō kanji)

1. demon, evil spirit
2. sorcery, witchcraft

Readings

• Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ば (ba)

Compounds

Compounds

• 閻魔(えんま) (Enma)
• 妖魔(ようま) (yōma)
• 霊魔(れいま) (reima)
• 邪魔(じゃま) (jama)
• 魔鬼(まき) (maki)
• 魔王(まおう) (maō)
• 魔(ま)界(かい) (makai)
• 魔(ま)境(きょう) (makyō)
• 魔(ま)窟(くつ) (makutsu)
• 魔手(ましゅ) (mashu)
• 邪魔(じゃま) (jama)
• 魔(ま)性(しょう) (mashō)
• 悪(あく)魔(ま) (akuma)
• 悪(あく)魔主義(ましゅぎ) (akumashugi)
• 魔神(まじん) (majin)
• 魔弾(まだん) (madan)
• 魔(ま)酔(すい) (masui)
• 魔(ま)睡(すい) (masui)
• 魔羅(まら) (mara)
• 魔(ま)物(もの) (mamono)
• 魔(ま)者(もの) (mamono)
• 天魔(てんま) (tenma)
• 病魔(びょうま) (byōma)
• 水(すい)魔(ま) (suima)
• 魔羅(まら) (mara)
• 魔幻(まげん) (magen)
• 魔術(まじゅつ) (majutsu)
• 魔(ま)術師(じゅつし) (majutsushi)
• 魔(ま)術士(じゅつし) (majutsushi)
• 魔道(まどう) (madō)
• 魔(ま)道師(どうし) (madōshi)
• 魔(ま)道士(どうし) (madōshi)
• 魔導(まどう) (madō)
• 魔(ま)導師(どうし) (madōshi)
• 魔(ま)導士(どうし) (madōshi)
• 魔法(まほう) (mahō)
• 魔(ま)法円(ほうえん) (mahōen)
• 魔(ま)法師(ほうし) (mahōshi)
• 魔(ま)法士(ほうし) (mahōshi)
• 魔人(まじん) (majin)
• 魔女(まじょ) (majo)
• 魔男(まだん) (madan)
• 破魔(はま) (hama)
• 祓(ふつ)魔(ま) (futsuma)
• 魔(ま)力(りょく) (maryoku)
• 放火(ほうか)魔(ま) (hōkama)
• 魔(ま)法瓶(ほうびん) (mahōbin)
• 使(つか)い魔(ま) (tsukaima)
• 魔(ま)が差(さ)す (magasasu)
• 魔(ま)の海(うみ) (ma-no-umi)
• 魔除(まよ)け (mayoke)
• お邪魔(じゃま)虫(むし) (ojamamushi)
• 誤魔化(ごまか)す (gomakasu)

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Korean

Hanja

魔 (eum 마 (ma))

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Compounds

• 魔力 (마력, maryeok)
• 魔法 (마법, mabeob)

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Vietnamese

Han character

魔: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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