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漢字Kanji

魅: fascination, charm

Also: bewitch

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

鬼 carries the meaning · 未 gives the sound

15 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

ミmi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 魅力みりょく
  • 魅了みりょうcharm; fascination
  • 魅惑みわくfascination; captivation; charm
  • 魅力的みりょくてきcharming; fascinating; attractive
  • 魅入るみいるto fascinate; to enchant; to possess

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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鬼

Also built on ghost (鬼)

未

Also built on un- (未)

魅 takes the 未 family's reading, ミ (mi).

Also read ミ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
魅 fascination · 未
vs魁 charging ahead of others · 斗
魅 has 未 where 魁 has 斗.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mèi

Same form: 魅 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
魅 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
魅 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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