魎

魎

See also: 魉

魎 U+9B4E, 魎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4E ← 魍 [U+9B4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 魏 → [U+9B4F]

Translingual

Han character

魎 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈一中月 (HIMLB), four-corner 2121₂, composition ⿺鬼兩)

1. a kind of monster

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		魎
simp.		魉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): lióng / sǹg / sngh
• Wu (Wiktionary): lian (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng
    • Wade–Giles: liang³
    • Yale: lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lian (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liã²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨɐŋ^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/liaŋX/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng5

• 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

1. Only used in 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng).

Compounds

魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)

魎哀／魉哀

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Japanese

Kanji

魎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Spirits of trees and rocks

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kun: こだま (kodama); すたま (sutama)

Compounds

Compounds with 魎

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

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Korean

Hanja

魎 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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