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魅

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demon; magic; to charm

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Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
14
Radical
鬼 +5
Structure
Lower-left enclosure 左下包
Traditional
魅
Common rank
#2,949
Unicode
U+9B45

Formation & memory

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How 魅 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A forest 未 demon 鬼; 未 also provides the pronunciation

Components 鬼 未

How to remember it

enchant · Heisig RSH #2926

鬼 ghost + 未 not yet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 魅

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
人格魅力 rén gé mèi lì personal charm; charisma
魅力四射 mèi lì sì shè glamorous; charming; seductive
有魅力 yǒu mèi lì attractive; charming
歌剧院魅影 Gē jù yuàn Mèi yǐng The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
魅力 mèi lì charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
魅影 mèi yǐng phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
去魅 qù mèi to become disenchanted
鬼魅 guǐ mèi demon; evil spirit
魅惑 mèi huò to bewitch; to captivate
祛魅 qū mèi to become disenchanted
魑魅 chī mèi spirits and devils (usually harmful); demons
魑魅魍魉 chī mèi wǎng liǎng (idiom) all kinds of malevolent or mischievous spirits