魊

魊	U+9B4A, 魊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B4A

← 魉
[U+9B49]

CJK Unified Ideographs

魋 →
[U+9B4B]

Translingual

Han character

魊 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈戈口一 (HIIRM), four-corner 2321₅, composition ⿺鬼或)

(mythology) a mythical creature which supposedly hurts humans by casting sand out of its mouth

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1462, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45860
Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4433, character 14
Unihan data for U+9B4A

Chinese

trad.		魊
simp. ^#		魊
alternative forms		蜮 mythical creature 䰥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wik⁶
  - Yale: wihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese: hwik

Rime
Character	魊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	職 (135)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨逼切
Baxter	hwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魊
Reading #	1/1
No.	5560
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	域
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

魊

(mythology) a mythical creature which supposedly hurts humans by casting sand out of its mouth
Synonyms: 射工, 射影 (shèyǐng), 短狐, 水弩
Used in 鬼魊 (“cyclone; whirlwind”).

Vietnamese

Han character

魊: Hán Nôm readings: vực

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References

Nom Foundation

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