魍

魍 · wǎng

demons, mountain spirits

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wǎng
Cantonese
mong5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

demons, mountain spirits

Dictionary definitions & readings

魍 wǎng · used in 魍魎 wǎng liǎng

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74434.070:wǎng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1188.070:wǎng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
380.150:wǎng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
wǎng粵mong5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
モウ ボウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
망:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
文兩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HIBTV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2721.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1462.380 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
313.01 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B4D
Radical
鬼 · 194
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6266

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
魍
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
mjangX · 文兩 · 宕合三上陽明 · #1820

PHONO-ML, source line 11679; 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
1523.601
kDaeJaweon
1996.180
kFennIndex
595.03
kHanYu
74434.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1996.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74434.070
kIRGKangXi
1462.380
kKangXi
1462.380
kMatthews
7049
kMorohashi
45869 45869:E0102
kSBGY
313.01
kSMSZD2003Index
797.01
kCangjie
HIBTV
kFenn
647I
kFourCornerCode
2721.2
kMojiJoho
MJ029029 MJ029029:E0102 MJ029030:E0103
kPhonetic
926
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-774D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C353
kIRG_JSource
J0-7233
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8C41
kIRG_KSource
K1-602E
kIRG_TSource
T1-777D
kRSUnicode
194.8
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C353
kCCCII
23563E
kCNS1986
1-777D
kCNS1992
1-777D
kEACC
23563E
kGB0
8745
kGB1
8745
kJis0
8219
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7618
kTGH
2013:6266
kTaiwanTelegraph
7618
kXerox
275:314
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7304+194.10.8 V+13629+194.10.8
kCantonese
mong5
kDefinition
demons, mountain spirits
kFanqie
文兩
kHangul
망:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74434.070:wǎng
kJapanese
モウ ボウ
kJapaneseOn
BOU MOU
kKorean
MANG
kMandarin
wǎng
kSMSZD2003Readings
wǎng粵mong5
kTGHZ2013
380.150:wǎng
kTang
miɑ̌ng
kXHC1983
1188.070:wǎng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 魍0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺鬼罔$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.