疯魔
fēng​mó

fascinate

疯 fēng crazy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 风 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瘋.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
风
风 Sound component
fēng wind

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

魔 mó demon

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

麻
麻 Sound component
má, ma hemp
鬼
鬼 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瘋 fēng crazy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 風 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
風
風 Sound component
fēng wind

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangplum

Sources

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