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魑

魑

Translingual

Han character

魑 (radical 194 鬼+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈卜山月 (HIYUB), four-corner 20212, composition ⿺鬼离)

  1. a mountain demon resembling a tiger

References

  • KangXi: page 1462, character 61
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45901
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4436, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9B51

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 魑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謧 *reːl, *rel
璃 *reːl, *rel
離 *reːls, *rel, *rels
縭 *rel
离 *rel, *r̥ʰel
醨 *rel
樆 *rel
褵 *rel
漓 *rel
黐 *rel, *r̥ʰel
籬 *rel
灕 *rel
蘺 *rel
攡 *rel
魑 *r̥ʰel
螭 *r̥ʰel
摛 *r̥ʰel

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 魑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 丑知切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰje/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 魑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trhje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥aj/
English 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 魑
Reading # 1/1
No. 7795
Phonetic
component		 离
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 摛
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥ʰel/

Definitions

魑

  1. Only used in 魑魅 (chīmèi).

Japanese

Kanji

魑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

魑 • ‎(ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)

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