魅
mèi HSK7

kind of forest demon

魅 mèi
charm noun
the power to fascinate, enchant, or attract others

她的歌声中带有一种动人心魄的魅。

tā de gē​shēng zhōng dài​yǒu yī zhǒng dòng​rén​xīn​pò de mèi.

There is a soul-stirring enchantment in her singing.

demon noun
a legendary spirit or supernatural being, often associated with forests or mountains

山里的老人常告诫小孩，林子里有魅出没。

shān​lǐ de lǎo​rén cháng gào​jiè xiǎo​hái, lín​zi lǐ yǒu mèi chū​mò.

Old people in the mountains often warn children that spirits haunt the woods.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,662nd most common 15.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,821st most common 26.3 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.98 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+9B45

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)