魑

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鬼
Radical Strokes: 9
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 19

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chī
Cantonese: ci1
JapaneseKun: SUDAMA
JapaneseOn: CHI
Korean: LI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a mountain demon resembling a tiger

CE-Dict: mountain demon

Soothill: A mountain demon resembling a tiger; 魅 is a demon of marshes having the head of a pig and body of a man. The two words are used together indicating evil spirits.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鬼部》魑鬼屬。从鬼从离，离亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集上】【鬼字部】魑
〔古文〕𩳩【唐韻】丑知切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】抽知切，𠀤音摛。【說文】鬼屬。詳魅字註。

CF-Dict: lutin

Han-De-Dict: > (u.E.)