魅

魅	U+9B45, 魅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B45

← 魄
[U+9B44]

CJK Unified Ideographs

魆 →
[U+9B46]

Translingual

Han character

魅 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈十木 (HIJD), four-corner 2521₉, composition ⿺鬼未)

Derived characters

𧭵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45811
Dae Jaweon: page 1995, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4430, character 1
Unihan data for U+9B45

Chinese

trad.		魅
simp. ^#		魅
alternative forms		鬽䰨𢑘𧱋䰪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	maːds, mɯːds
沬	maːds, hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯds): phonetic 未 (OC *mɯds) + semantic 鬼 (“spirit”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ / mui⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi
Eastern Min (BUC): māi / muôi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bī

(Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶mi / ⁶me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ / mui⁶
  - Yale: meih / muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ / mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ / mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²²/, /muːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: māi / muôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai³³/, /mui²⁴²/

Note:

māi - vernacular;
muôi - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
  - Tâi-lô: bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: muê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mue³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi
  - MiniDict: mi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me
  - MiniDict: me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me²³¹/

Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji^H/
Li Rong	/mji^H/
Wang Li	/mi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[ə][t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mr[ə][t]-s/
English	魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魅
Reading #	1/1
No.	12911
Phonetic component	未
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrɯds/
Notes	說文同鬽

Definitions

魅

(mythology) a kind of legendary evil spirit
魑魅 ― chīmèi ― evil spirits from mountain forests

鬼魅 ― guǐmèi ― all kinds of ghosts and monsters
to captivate; to charm; to seduce
魅力 ― mèilì ― charm

Compounds

壓魅 / 压魅
大展魅力
妖魅
為鬼為魅 / 为鬼为魅
狐魅
螭魅 (chīmèi)
鬼魅 (guǐmèi)
鬼魅伎倆 / 鬼魅伎俩
魅力 (mèilì)
魅影
魅惑 (mèihuò)
魑魅 (chīmèi)
魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)
魘魅 / 魇魅

References

“魅”, 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

魅

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: び (bi)
Kun: もののけ (mononoke, 魅)、ばけもの (bakemono)、すだま (sudama, 魅)

Compounds

生魑魅(いきすだま) (ikisudama)
魘(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
厭(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
鬼魅(きび) (kibi); or 鬼魅(きみ) (kimi)
魑魅(すだま) (sudama); or 魑魅(ちみ) (chimi)
魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
魔魅(まみ) (mami)
魅入(みい)る (miiru)
魅(み)せる (miseru)
魅了(みりょう) (miryō)
魅(み)力(りょく) (miryoku)
魅力的(みりょくてき) (miryokuteki)
魅(み)惑(わく) (miwaku)
木(もく)魅(び) (mokubi)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
魅
み Grade: S
goon

IPA^(key): [mʲi]

Affix

魅(み) • (mi)

charm; fascination

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ (moy) (Yale: moy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

The original reading is 미 (mi) based on Middle Chinese 魅 (MC mijH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 밍〮 (Yale: mí) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛ] ~ [me̞]
Phonetic hangul: [매/메]

Hanja

Wikisource

魅 (eumhun 도깨비 매 (dokkaebi mae))

hanja form^? of 매 (“charm”)

Compounds

매력 (魅力, maeryeok)
매료 (魅了, maeryo)
매혹 (魅惑, maehok)
이매망량 (魑魅魍魎, imaemangnyang)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

魅: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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