Hanja Analyzer
魑

魑 — ri

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
도깨비 리
Romanization
ri
English
a mountain demon resembling a tiger
Mandarin
chī
Japanese on'yomi
チ
Japanese kun'yomi
すだま
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
鬼 (194, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+9B51

Parts that make up 魑

  • 鬼 귀신 귀 탈을 쓴 듯한 얼굴을 한 사람귀신과 넋
  • 离 도깨비/산신 리 숲에 그물을 치는 모양‘리·치’ 계열의 소리

How 魑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 魑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 鬼, 离.

Japanese words with 魑

  • 魑魅ちみ mountain demon
  • 魑魅魍魎ちみもうりょう evil spirits of rivers and mountains

Other hanja read “리”

Other hanja with radical 鬼

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