Yán​mó

Yama

yán, yǎn, yàn village gate Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
xiàn a pit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

demon

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
má, ma hemp
Meaning component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːl

說文解字

《說文新附》:“魔,鬼也。从鬼,麻聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

village gate Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
xiàn a pit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyem[ɢ][a]mgate over street or lane
Zhengzhanglom
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

里中門也。从門臽聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica