Chinese

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mountain elf demon; magic; to charm
trad. (魑魅)
simp. #(魑魅)
alternative forms 螭魅
螭鬽

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (10) (4)
Final () (13) (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trhje mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰˠiᴇ/ /mˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰᵚiɛ/ /mᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰiɛ/ /miɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰjiə̆/ /mjiH/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰje/ /mjiH/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰǐe/ /miH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶʰie̯/ /miH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1 mei6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chī mèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ trhje › ‹ mijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*r̥aj/ /*mr[ə][t]-s/
English demon 魑魅 trhje.mijH a kind of demon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7795 12911
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*r̥ʰel/ /*mrɯds/
Notes

Noun

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魑魅

  1. evil spirit; demon

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (魑魅):
  • Japanese: 魑魅(ちみ) (chimi)
  • Korean: 이매(魑魅) (imae)
  • Vietnamese: si mị (魑魅)

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
すたま
Hyōgai Grade: S
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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魑魅(すたま) (sutama

  1. a spirit or demon that arises from the trees and stones of a mountain forest

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
すだま
Hyōgai Grade: S
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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魑魅(すだま) (sudama

  1. a spirit or demon that arises from the trees and stones of a mountain forest

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term

Hyōgai

Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (chimi

  1. a demon formed from the spirit of mountains and forests
Derived terms
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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN