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a mountain demon resembling a tiger

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approved by inralback19 · Dec 27, 2025, 08:33 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 28, 2025, 03:35 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

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SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhjer̥aj demon

說文解字

《說文新附》:“魑,鬼屬。从鬼,从离。离亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica