# 魎

| 魎 | U+9B4E, &#39758; 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 2121$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liǎng (liang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / sǹg / sngh
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng
*** Wade–Giles: liang$^3$
*** Yale: lyǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
*** Palladius: лян (ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^5$
*** Yale: léuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: $^6$lian
*** MiniDict: lian$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lian
*** 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 | loeng$^5$ |
* 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 |
| Kyūjitai | 魎 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿺鬼両)
* Spirits of trees and rocks

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: こだま (kodama)、すたま (sutama)

#### Compounds

* 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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