# 魖

| 魖 | U+9B56, &#39766; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B56 |
| ← 魕 [U+9B55] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 魗 → [U+9B57] |

## Translingual
### Han character

魖 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈卜心金 (HIYPC) or 竹戈卜心一 (HIYPM), four-corner 2111$_1$, composition ⿺鬼虛)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1463, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45925
* Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4437, character 12
* Unihan data for U+9B56

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: heoi$^1$
*** Yale: hēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xjo
Rime :
| Character | 魖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 朽居切 |
| Baxter | xjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 魖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5273 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虚 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰa/ |

### Definitions

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## Japanese
### Kanji

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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)、こ (ko)