魑

魑 · chī

a mountain demon resembling a tiger

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chī
Cantonese
ci1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a mountain demon resembling a tiger

Dictionary definitions & readings

魑 chī · used in 魑魅 chī mèi

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74436.030:chī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0141.040:chī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
045.140:chī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chī粵ci1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チ すだま Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
리:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
丑知 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HIYUB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2021.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1462.610 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
048.30 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0023b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B51
Radical
鬼 · 194
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6401

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
魑
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
trhje · 丑知 · 止開三平支徹 · #121

PHONO-ML, source line 1095; 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
1523.603
kDaeJaweon
1997.010
kFennIndex
72.09
kGSR
0023b
kHanYu
74436.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1997.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74436.030
kIRGKangXi
1462.610
kKangXi
1462.610
kMatthews
1017
kMeyerWempe
1517m
kMorohashi
45901 45901:E0101
kSBGY
048.30
kSMSZD2003Index
797.05
kAlternateTotalStrokes
21:J
kCangjie
HIYUB
kFenn
547K
kFourCornerCode
2021.2
kMojiJoho
MJ029035 MJ029035:E0101 MJ029036:E0102
kPhonetic
786
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-774E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C55E
kIRG_JSource
J0-7235
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8C50
kIRG_KSource
K1-5F64
kIRG_TSource
T1-7B4A
kRSUnicode
194.11
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C55E
kCCCII
235647
kCNS1986
1-7B4A
kCNS1992
1-7B4A
kEACC
235647
kGB0
8746
kGB1
8746
kJis0
8221
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7620
kTGH
2013:6401
kTaiwanTelegraph
7620
kXerox
275:315
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7306+194.10.11
kCantonese
ci1
kDefinition
a mountain demon resembling a tiger
kFanqie
丑知
kHangul
리:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74436.030:chī
kJapanese
チ すだま
kJapaneseKun
SUDAMA
kJapaneseOn
CHI
kKorean
LI
kMandarin
chī
kSMSZD2003Readings
chī粵ci1
kTGHZ2013
045.140:chī
kTang
tjiɛ
kXHC1983
0141.040:chī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 魑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺鬼离$(GHTJKP)

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