Talk:魋

Huh, I've never seen this character before (and neither have my parents). I read the page history, and apparently it's an archaic word for bear. But when did this word fall out of usage? Why is it still listed as a translation under bear if it's not even in use anymore? Also, funny etymology: the word "ghost" and "bird". Bribes 21:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Here on Wiktionary we document all characters, words, and spellings - not just common ones or current ones but also obsolete ones and even ancient ones. I don't know anything about this particular character other than that it is included in Unicode and in several of my fonts. From the info on the page you can see that Unicode found data for this character in their major source dictionaries for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They provide the references so the best I can suggest is trying to follow up those.

As for the translation section, the same goes. We don't just list common or current translations but anything a user may find even in obscure texts. A better place to ask about this character might be a forum specifically devoted to CJKV characters. There must be several such about. — hippietrail 07:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Here's a link about it: http://xh.5156edu.com/html3/20978.html 71.66.97.228 15:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Graphical significance

Does it derive from 鬼 + 隹? 71.66.97.228 08:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you are right; it is phono(隹)-semantic(鬼). Hbrug 09:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I tried to add this to an etymology section. Of course it's really more of a graphical significance than a phonetic etymology. 71.66.97.228 09:55, 2 November 2011 (UTC)