# 魅

| 魅 | U+9B45, &#39749; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B45 |
| ← 魄 [U+9B44] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 魆 → [U+9B46] |

## Translingual
### Han character

魅 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈十木 (HIJD), four-corner 2521$_9$, composition ⿺鬼未)

#### Derived characters

* 𧭵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45811
* Dae Jaweon: page 1995, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4430, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9B45

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 魅
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 寐 | *mids |
| 魅 | *mrɯds |
| 鬽 | *mrɯds |
| 昧 | *mɯːds |
| 妹 | *mɯːds |
| 眛 | *maːds, *mɯːds |
| 沬 | *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds |
| 未 | *mɯds |
| 味 | *mɯds |
| 鮇 | *mɯds |
| 菋 | *mɯds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯds): phonetic 未 (OC *mɯds) + semantic 鬼 (“spirit”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mèi (mei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^6$ / mui$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi
* Eastern Min (BUC): māi / muôi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): muê$^6$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$mi / $^6$me
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^4$
*** Yale: mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ / mui$^6$
*** Yale: meih / muih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ / mui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ / mui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²²/, /muːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: māi / muôi
*** Sinological IPA : /mai³³/, /mui²⁴²/
* māi - vernacular;
* muôi - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mijH
Rime :
| Character | 魅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 明祕切 |
| Baxter | mijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[ə][t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 魅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[ə][t]-s/ |
| English | 魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 魅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12911 |
| Phonetic component | 未 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 郿 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrɯds/ |
| Notes | 說文同鬽 |

### Definitions

魅
* (mythology) a kind of legendary evil spirit
    魑魅 ― chīmèi ― evil spirits from mountain forests
    鬼魅 ― guǐmèi ― all kinds of ghosts and monsters
* to captivate; to charm; to seduce
    魅力 ― mèilì ― charm

#### Compounds

* 壓魅 / 压魅
* 大展魅力
* 妖魅
* 為鬼為魅 / 为鬼为魅
* 狐魅
* 螭魅 (chīmèi)
* 鬼魅 (guǐmèi)
* 鬼魅伎倆 / 鬼魅伎俩
* 魅力 (mèilì)
* 魅影
* 魅惑 (mèihuò)
* 魑魅 (chīmèi)
* 魑魅魍魎 / 魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng)
* 魘魅 / 魇魅

### References

* “魅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* fascination
* charm
* bewitch

#### Readings

* Go-on: み (mi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: び (bi)
* Kun: もののけ (mononoke, 魅)、ばけもの (bakemono)、すだま (sudama, 魅)

#### Compounds

* 生魑魅(いきすだま) (ikisudama)
* 魘(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
* 厭(えん)魅(み) (enmi)
* 鬼魅(きび) (kibi); or 鬼魅(きみ) (kimi)
* 魑魅(すだま) (sudama); or 魑魅(ちみ) (chimi)
* 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
* 魔魅(まみ) (mami)
* 魅入(みい)る (miiru)
* 魅(み)せる (miseru)
* 魅了(みりょう) (miryō)
* 魅(み)力(りょく) (miryoku)
* 魅力的(みりょくてき) (miryokuteki)
* 魅(み)惑(わく) (miwaku)
* 木(もく)魅(び) (mokubi)

### Affix

魅(み) • (mi)
* charm; fascination

## Korean
### Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ (moy) (Yale: moy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
The original reading is 미 (mi) based on Middle Chinese 魅 (MC mijH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 밍〮 (Yale: mí) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mɛ] ~ [me̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [매/메]

### Hanja

Wikisource 魅 (eumhun 도깨비 매 (dokkaebi mae))
* hanja form of 매 (“charm”)

#### Compounds

* 매력 (魅力, maeryeok)
* 매료 (魅了, maeryo)
* 매혹 (魅惑, maehok)
* 이매망량 (魑魅魍魎, imaemangnyang)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

魅: Hán Nôm readings: mị
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