魎

See also: 魉 and ⿺鬼両

魎	U+9B4E, 魎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4E

← 魍
[U+9B4D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

魏 →
[U+9B4F]

Translingual

Traditional	魎
Shinjitai (extended)	⿺鬼両
Simplified	魉

Han character

魎 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈一中月 (HIMLB), four-corner 2121₂, composition ⿺鬼兩)

a kind of monster

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45870
Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4433, character 17
Unihan data for U+9B4E

Chinese

trad.		魎
simp.		魉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
倆	*raŋʔ
兩	raŋʔ, raŋs
脼	*raŋʔ
緉	raŋʔ, raŋs
蜽	*raŋʔ
魎	*raŋʔ
輛	*raŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / sǹg / sngh
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng
  - Wade–Giles: liang³
  - Yale: lyǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
  - Palladius: лян (ljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵
  - Yale: léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
  - Tâi-lô: lióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg
  - Tâi-lô: sǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngx
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sngh
  - Tâi-lô: sngh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍ʔ³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lian
  - MiniDict: lian^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

Middle Chinese: ljangX

Rime
Character	魎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良㢡切
Baxter	ljangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/liaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魎
Reading #	1/1
No.	8058
Phonetic component	兩
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*raŋʔ/

Definitions

魎

only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)

Compounds

魎哀 / 魉哀
魍魎 / 魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿺鬼両
Print standard	魎

Kanji

魎

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿺鬼両)

Spirits of trees and rocks

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
Kun: こだま (kodama)、すたま (sutama)

Compounds

Compounds with 魎

魑(ち)魅(み)魍(もう)魎(りょう) (chimimōryō)
魍(もう)魎(りょう) (mōryō)

Korean

Hanja

魎 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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