魈

魈 · xiāo

mischievous, one footed spirit that dwells in the mountains

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiāo
Cantonese
siu1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mischievous, one footed spirit that dwells in the mountains

Dictionary definitions & readings

魈 xiāo · used in 山魈 shān xiāo

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74433.030:xiāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1264.040:xiāo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
403.110:xiāo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiāo粵siu1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
소:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
相邀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HIFB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2921.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1462.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
147.04 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B48
Radical
鬼 · 194
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6133

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
魈
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sjew · 相邀 · 效開三平宵心 · #658

PHONO-ML, source line 5320; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1523.105
kDaeJaweon
1995.370
kHanYu
74433.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1995.370
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74433.030
kIRGKangXi
1462.150
kKangXi
1462.150
kMatthews
2614
kMorohashi
45841
kSBGY
147.04
kSMSZD2003Index
796.11
kCangjie
HIFB
kFourCornerCode
2921.2
kMojiJoho
MJ029024
kPhonetic
220
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-774C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EF69
kIRG_JSource
J1-6A3A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8C36
kIRG_KSource
K1-6478
kIRG_TSource
T2-6075
kRSUnicode
194.7
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EF69
kCCCII
23563A
kCNS1986
2-6075
kCNS1992
2-6075
kEACC
23563A
kGB0
8744
kGB1
8744
kJis1
7426
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7617
kTGH
2013:6133
kTaiwanTelegraph
7617
kXerox
275:313
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+20011+194.10.7
kCantonese
siu1
kDefinition
mischievous, one footed spirit that dwells in the mountains
kFanqie
相邀
kHangul
소:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74433.030:xiāo
kJapanese
ショウ
kJapaneseKun
SUDAMA
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kKorean
SO
kMandarin
xiāo
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiāo粵siu1
kTGHZ2013
403.110:xiāo
kXHC1983
1264.040:xiāo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 魈0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
鬼 wraps around 肖 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿺鬼肖$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺鬼肖$(GHTJKP)

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