魔

魔 U+9B54, 魔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B54 ← 魓 [U+9B53] CJK Unified Ideographs 魕 → [U+9B55]

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

Chinese

trad.		魔
simp. #		魔
2nd round simp.		⿸广⿸⿻丿日乚

Glyph origin

	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

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

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”). According to Zhengzitong, First attested in 548 October 29, in an epitaph:

遂登正覺，神通自然。群魔稽首，靈冠諸天。慈悲萬有，光照大千。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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遂登正觉，神通自然。群魔稽首，灵冠诸天。慈悲万有，光照大千。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 548 Oct 29, 《邑主造石像碑》

Suì dēng zhèngjué, shén tōng zìrán. Qúnmó qǐshǒu, líng guàn zhūtiān. Cíbēi wànyǒu, guāngzhào dàqiān. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мо (mo, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ / mo⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): mo⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mô

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mo²

• Jin (Wiktionary): me¹
• Northern Min (KCR): mǒ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mo; ⁶mu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo²

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мо (mo, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴/

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

• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mo²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: me¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɤ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mor²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: mó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒ¹³/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo; ⁶mu
    • MiniDict: mo^去; mu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo; ³mu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²³/, /mu²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ma

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːl/

Definitions

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.”

Synonyms

• (devil):

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• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 妖孽 (yāoniè)
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 妖物 (yāowù)
• 妖精 (yāojīng)
• 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
• 妖魔 (yāomó)
• 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怪物 (guàiwu)
• 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
• 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
• 精怪 (jīngguài)
• 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 邪魔 (xiémó)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
• 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)

Compounds

• 么魔
• 九伯風魔 / 九伯风魔
• 九子魔母
• 事魔喫菜 / 事魔吃菜
• 事魔食菜
• 伏魔大帝
• 倦魔
• 入魔 (rùmó)
• 十六天魔
• 十魔
• 吃菜事魔
• 夢魔 / 梦魔
• 天子魔
• 天魔 (tiānmó)
• 夭魔
• 天魔外道
• 天魔舞
• 好事多魔 (hǎoshìduōmó)
• 妖魔 (yāomó)
• 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
• 寶魔 / 宝魔
• 小業魔 / 小业魔
• 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó)
• 愁魔
• 文魔
• 書魔 / 书魔
• 毒魔狠怪
• 混世魔王
• 潑魔 / 泼魔
• 災魔 / 灾魔
• 焰魔天
• 煩惱魔 / 烦恼魔
• 熱魔 / 热魔
• 牛魔王 (niú mówáng)
• 狐媚魔道
• 病魔 (bìngmó)
• 瘋魔 / 疯魔 (fēngmó)
• 癡魔 / 痴魔
• 着魔 (zháomó)
• 睡魔
• 神謀魔道 / 神谋魔道
• 神魔 (shénmó)
• 禪魔 / 禅魔
• 群魔
• 羣魔亂舞 / 羣魔乱舞 (qúnmóluànwǔ)
• 群魔亂舞 / 群魔乱舞 (qúnmóluànwǔ)
• 花魔酒病
• 著魔 / 着魔 (zháomó)
• 蛇魔
• 詞魔 / 词魔
• 詩魔 / 诗魔
• 變魔術 / 变魔术
• 走火入魔 (zǒuhuǒrùmó)
• 走魔入火
• 造魔
• 道高一尺，魔高一丈 (dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng)
• 道高魔重
• 邪魔 (xiémó)
• 邪魔外祟
• 邪魔外道
• 邪魔怪道
• 邪魔歪道 (xié mó wāi dào)
• 酒魔
• 酒魔頭 / 酒魔头
• 鍊魔 / 炼魔
• 降魔
• 降魔杵
• 降魔棍
• 陰魔 / 阴魔
• 面魔羅 / 面魔罗
• 風風魔魔 / 风风魔魔
• 風魔 / 风魔
• 風魔九伯 / 风魔九伯
• 食菜事魔 (shícàishìmó)
• 鬧魔 / 闹魔
• 鬼頭魔眼 / 鬼头魔眼
• 鬼魔
• 鬼魔三道
• 鬼魔道
• 魔事
• 魔侯羅 / 魔侯罗
• 魔力 (mólì)
• 魔劫
• 魔合羅 / 魔合罗 (móhéluó)
• 魔君
• 魔咒 (mózhòu)
• 魔境
• 魔天
• 魔女 (mónǚ)
• 魔媼 / 魔媪
• 魔宮 / 魔宫
• 魔家
• 魔山
• 魔幻 (móhuàn)
• 魔影 (móyǐng)
• 魔心
• 魔念
• 魔怪 (móguài)
• 魔怔 (mózheng)
• 魔惑
• 魔意
• 魔手
• 魔掌 (mózhǎng)
• 魔教
• 魔數 / 魔数
• 魔方 (mófāng)
• 魔星 (móxīng)
• 魔杖 (mózhàng)
• 魔板
• 魔棒
• 魔棍
• 魔民
• 魔氛
• 魔法 (mófǎ)
• 魔法石
• 魔漿 / 魔浆
• 魔燄 / 魔焰
• 魔爪 (mózhǎo)
• 魔物
• 魔王 (mówáng)
• 魔王夜叉
• 魔瓶
• 魔瘴
• 魔祟
• 魔窟 (mókū)
• 魔笛
• 魔羅 / 魔罗 (móluó)
• 魔芋 (móyù)
• 魔行
• 魔術 / 魔术 (móshù)
• 魔術師 / 魔术师 (móshùshī)
• 魔術數字 / 魔术数字
• 魔術方塊 / 魔术方块 (móshù fāngkuài)
• 魔術蛇 / 魔术蛇
• 魔說 / 魔说
• 魔軍 / 魔军
• 魔道 (módào)
• 魔邪
• 魔酡
• 魔鏡 / 魔镜 (mójìng)
• 魔障 (mózhàng)
• 魔難 / 魔难 (mónàn)
• 魔雲 / 魔云
• 魔電 / 魔电
• 魔音傳腦 / 魔音传脑
• 魔頭 / 魔头 (mótóu)
• 魔頭星 / 魔头星
• 魔風 / 魔风
• 魔駝 / 魔驼
• 魔高一尺，道高一丈
• 魔鬼 (móguǐ)
• 魔鬼學派 / 魔鬼学派
• 魔鬼湖
• 魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái)
• 魔魅
• 魔魍
• 魔魘 / 魔魇
• 魘魔 / 魇魔
• 魘魔法 / 魇魔法

Japanese

Shinjitai	魔
Kyūjitai [1]	魔󠄁 魔+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	魔󠄃 魔+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 魔

魔

(Jōyō kanji)

⿸广マ, a Ryakuji for 魔, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 摩; compare 機 and 議.

1. demon, evil spirit
2. sorcery, witchcraft

Readings

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

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)
• 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)
• 通(とお)り魔(ま) (tōrima)
• 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)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
魔
ま Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 魔 (MC ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠]

Affix

魔(ま) • (ma) 

1. demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence

References

1. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2387 (paper), page 1245 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 魔 (MC ma). Recorded as Middle Korean 마 (ma) (Yale: ma) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

魔

Wikisource 魔 (eumhun 마귀 마 (magwi ma))

1. hanja form^? of 마 (“demon”)

Compounds

• 마귀 (魔鬼, magwi, “devil; demon ghost”)
• 마녀 (魔女, manyeo, “witch, sorceress”)
• 마력 (魔力, maryeok, “magical power/strength”)
• 마법 (魔法, mabeop, “magic”)
• 마술 (魔術, masul, “magic”)
• 악마 (惡魔, angma, “demon; devil; fiend”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

魔: Hán Việt readings: ma

1. chữ Hán form of ma (“ghost”).