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魍

wǎng
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
各种魑魅魍魉在夜里出来。
chī mèi wǎng liǎng.
All sorts of monsters and evil spirits came out at night.

Tips

culture
魍 is a bound character used only in 魍魉, spirits of mountains, forests and waters. With 魑魅 it forms an idiom for all manner of bad, scheming people.

Components

radical
鬼 guǐ
ghost; demon
鬼 is the ghost radical, marking this as a supernatural being. It indexes the whole family of demon and spirit characters.
phonetic
罔 wǎng
net; to deceive
罔 supplies the sound wǎng, matching its own reading exactly. Its sense of a net or deception also faintly suits an ensnaring forest spirit.

Stroke Order

魍 wǎng