魔
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(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
Formation & memory
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Words with 魔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正义魔人 | (Tw) sanctimonious person; self-appointed moral arbiter | |
| 神魔小说 | supernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins | |
| 走火入魔 | to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallu… | |
| 食人魔 | ogre | |
| 魔法师 | magician; wizard; sorcerer | |
| 道高一尺，魔高一丈 | (saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challen… | |
| 牛魔王 | Gyuumao | |
| 中魔 | to be possessed; to be bewitched | |
| 魔头 | monster; devil | |
| 心魔 | inner demons; psychological obstacle or fixation | |
| 天魔 | demonic; devil | |
| 魔性 | (neologism c. 2014) irresistibly quirky; compelling in its wackiness | |
| 恶魔城 | Castlevania (video game series) | |
| 变魔术 | to perform magical tricks | |
| 魔法 | enchantment; magic | |
| 魔力 | magic; magic power | |
| 风魔 | variant of 瘋魔|疯魔[feng1 mo2] | |
| 红魔鬼 | Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club | |
| 病魔 | serious illness | |
| 魔鬼鱼 | (coll.) ray (esp. manta ray or stingray) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 麻 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻 sound part | hemp, flax, sesame; numb | |
| 摩 | to scour, to rub, to grind; friction | |
| 磨 | millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out | |
| 靡 | to scatter, to disperse; to divide | |
| 糜 | rice gruel, congee; mashed | |
| 嘛 | final exclamatory particle | |
| 麽 | interrogative particle | |
| 縻 | harness, halter; to tie up |