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魉

魎
liǎng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 魍魉) a water and forest demon

Examples

HSK 7-9
魍魉藏在密林深处。
Wǎng liǎng.
Demons of mountain and water lurked in the deep forest.
HSK 7-9
各种奸人就像魑魅魍魉。
chī mèi wǎng liǎng.
All kinds of crafty villains are like monsters and evil spirits.

Tips

culture
魉 is a bound character used only in 魍魉. The four-character 魑魅魍魉 is a vivid idiom for villains and bad people of every stripe.

Components

radical
鬼 guǐ
ghost; demon
鬼 is the ghost radical, marking this as a supernatural creature and indexing it among the demon and spirit characters.
phonetic
两 liǎng
two; both
两 supplies the sound liǎng, matching its own reading exactly. It serves purely as the phonetic element with no bearing on the demon meaning.

Stroke Order

魉 liǎng