魍

魍	U+9B4D, 魍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4D

← 魌
[U+9B4C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

魎 →
[U+9B4E]

Translingual

Han character

魍 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈月廿女 (HIBTV), four-corner 2721₂, composition ⿺鬼罔)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 38
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45869
Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4434, character 7
Unihan data for U+9B4D

Chinese

trad.		魍
simp. ^#		魍
alternative forms		蝄蛧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魍
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	maːŋ, maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	maːŋ, maːŋs
汒	maːŋ, maŋs
朚	maːŋ, hmaːŋ, maŋ, mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	maːŋ, maŋ
杗	maːŋ, maŋ
荒	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	hmaːŋ, hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	smaːŋs, smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	maŋ, maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	maŋ, maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	maŋ, maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maŋʔ): semantic 鬼 (“ghost”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎng (wang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶maon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎng
  - Wade–Giles: wang³
  - Yale: wǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
  - Palladius: ван (van)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mong⁵
  - Yale: móhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
  - Tâi-lô: báng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: barng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶maon
  - MiniDict: maon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/

Middle Chinese: mjangX

Rime
Character	魍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文兩切
Baxter	mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miwaŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魍
Reading #	1/1
No.	12682
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	网
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/
Notes	同蛧見漢賦

Definitions

魍

only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)

Compounds

打脊魍魎 / 打脊魍魉
瞞魍魎 / 瞒魍魉
魍魎 / 魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)
魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
  - Tâi-lô: báng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: barng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/

Definitions

魍

(Hokkien) trick; ploy

Compounds

變啥魍 / 变啥魍 (pìⁿ-siáⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)
變魍 / 变魍 (pìⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji

魍

(Hyōgai kanji)

Spirits of mountains and streams

Readings

Go-on: もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}

Compounds

魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)

Korean

Hanja

魍 (eum 망 (mang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

魍: Hán Nôm readings: võng

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References

Nom Foundation