Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji

魔: witch, demon

Also: evil spirit

JLPT N121 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

鬼 carries the meaning · 麻 gives the sound

21 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

マma · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 魔まdemon; devil; evil spirit
  • 悪魔あくま
  • 邪魔じゃま
  • 魔法まほうmagic; witchcraft; sorcery
  • 魔女まじょwitch
  • 魔術まじゅつ
  • 魔力まりょくmagical powers; supernatural powers; spell
  • 魔法使いまほうつかい

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

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麻

Also built on hemp (麻)

魔 takes the 麻 family's reading, マ (ma).

鬼

Also built on ghost (鬼)

Also read マ

5 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mó

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

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

Pinyin mó 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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