魖
xū

Components

鬼
鬼 Meaning component
guǐ ghost

black

虚
虚 Sound component
xū void, false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰa

說文解字

耗神也。从鬼虚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)