# 魍

| 魍 | U+9B4D, &#39757; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4D |
| ← 魌 [U+9B4C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 魎 → [U+9B4E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

魍 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈月廿女 (HIBTV), four-corner 2721$_2$, composition ⿺鬼罔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45869
* Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4434, character 7
* Unihan data for U+9B4D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 魍
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
| | Old Chinese |
| 忙 | *maːŋ |
| 芒 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 茫 | *maːŋ |
| 恾 | *maːŋ |
| 吂 | *maːŋ, *maːŋs |
| 汒 | *maːŋ, *maŋs |
| 朚 | *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs |
| 邙 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 杗 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 荒 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs |
| 肓 | *hmaːŋ |
| 衁 | *hmaːŋ |
| 巟 | *hmaːŋ |
| 詤 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ |
| 慌 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ |
| 謊 | *hmaːŋʔ |
| 喪 | *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ |
| 亡 | *maŋ |
| 望 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 莣 | *maŋ |
| 朢 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 鋩 | *maŋ |
| 硭 | *maŋ |
| 忘 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 网 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 罔 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 蛧 | *maŋʔ |
| 網 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 輞 | *maŋʔ |
| 棢 | *maŋʔ |
| 惘 | *maŋʔ |
| 菵 | *maŋʔ |
| 誷 | *maŋʔ |
| 魍 | *maŋʔ |
| 妄 | *maŋs |
| 盲 | *mraːŋ |
| 蝱 | *mraːŋ |
| 虻 | *mraːŋ |
| 氓 | *mraːŋ |
| 甿 | *mraːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maŋʔ) : semantic 鬼 (“ghost”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǎng (wang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mong$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$maon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎng
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^3$
*** Yale: wǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woang
*** Palladius: ван (van)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mong$^5$
*** Yale: móhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
*** Tâi-lô: báng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: barng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$maon
*** MiniDict: maon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$maan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²³/
* Middle Chinese: mjangX
Rime :
| Character | 魍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 文兩切 |
| Baxter | mjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /miwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mong$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 魍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12682 |
| Phonetic component | 亡 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 网 |
| Old Chinese | /*maŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 同蛧見漢賦 |

#### Definitions

魍
* Only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng).

#### Compounds

* 打脊魍魎 / 打脊魍魉
* 瞞魍魎 / 瞒魍魉
* 魍魎 / 魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)
* 魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): báng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báng
*** Tâi-lô: báng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: barng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹/

#### Definitions

魍
* (Hokkien) trick; ploy

#### Compounds

* 變啥魍 / 变啥魍 (pìⁿ-siáⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)
* 變魍 / 变魍 (pìⁿ-báng) (Min Nan)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Spirits of mountains and streams

#### Readings

* Go-on: もう (mō)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō)

#### Compounds

* 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
* 魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)

## Korean
### Hanja

魍 (eum 망 (mang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

魍: Hán Nôm readings: võng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation