魘

See also: 魇

魘 U+9B58, 魘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B58 ← 魗 [U+9B57] CJK Unified Ideographs 魙 → [U+9B59]

Translingual

Han character

魘 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一大竹戈 (MKHI), four-corner 7121₃, composition ⿸厭鬼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1463, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45941
• Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4438, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9B58

Chinese

trad.		魘
simp.		魇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猒	*qem, *qems
懕	*qem
饜	*qem, *qems
嬮	*qem, *qems, *qeb
厭	*qemʔ, *qems, *qeb
黶	*qemʔ
檿	*qemʔ
魘	*qemʔ, *qeb
厴	*qemʔ
擪	*qemʔ, *qeb
壓	*qreːb
靨	*qeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qemʔ, *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 鬼 (“devil”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ян (i͡an, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim² / jip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ян (i͡an, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim² / jip³
    • Yale: yím / yip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim² / jip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim² / yib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/, /jiːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiemX, 'jiep

Rime
Character	魘	魘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於琰切	於葉切
Baxter	'jiemX	'jiep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇmX/	/ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛmX/	/ʔiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæmX/	/ʔjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiamX/	/ʔiap̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛmX/	/ʔiɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmX/	/ĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmX/	/ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	ye
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim2	jip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qemʔ/, /*qeb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魘	魘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14423	14433
Phonetic component	猒	猒
Rime group	談	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	黶	魘
Old Chinese	/*qemʔ/	/*qeb/

Definitions

魘

1. ^⁜ a nightmare; bad dream
2. Used in 夢魘／梦魇 (mèngyǎn, “a nightmare; bad dream”).

Compounds

• 夢魘／梦魇 (mèngyǎn)
• 狐媚魘道／狐媚魇道
• 魘寐／魇寐
• 魘樣／魇样
• 魘禳／魇禳
• 魘魅／魇魅
• 魘魔法／魇魔法

 

References

• “魘”, 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

魘

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. To have a nightmare
2. To make a noise during a nightmare

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、よう (yō)
• Kun: おそわれる (osowareru)、おそう (osō)、うなされる (unasareru)

Korean

Hanja

魘 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

魘: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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