Hanja Analyzer
魍

魍 — mang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
도깨비 망
Romanization
mang
English
demons, mountain spirits
Mandarin
wǎng
Japanese on'yomi
モウ, ボウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
鬼 (194, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
罔(망)
Unicode
U+9B4D

Parts that make up 魍

  • 鬼 귀신 귀 탈을 쓴 듯한 얼굴을 한 사람귀신과 넋
  • 罔 없을 망sound 그물 망(网)과 망할 망(亡)없다. ‘망’ 계열의 소리

How 魍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 魍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 鬼, 罔.

Japanese words with 魍

  • 魍魎もうりょう all kinds of spirits and goblins
  • 魑魅魍魎ちみもうりょう evil spirits of rivers and mountains

Characters sharing the phonetic 罔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “망” in Korean.

Other hanja read “망”

Other hanja with radical 鬼

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