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魔

JLPT N1 21 strokes Frequency: #1514

Meanings

Witch, Demon, Evil Spirit

Radicals

鬼

Decomposition

⿸麻鬼

Etymology

Pictophonetic: demon

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 21

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 diagonal right-to-left

12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

15 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal bottom-to-top

17 horizontal bottom-to-top

18 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

19 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

20 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

21 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

マ ma

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

134 words total

Other (20 words)

使い魔つかいま

familiar spirit

マクスウェルの魔物マクスウェルのまもの

Maxwell's demon

お邪魔おじゃま

hindrance

魔法少女まほうしょうじょ

magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.)

小悪魔こあくま

(young) seductress

魔族まぞく

class of demons

白魔術しろまじゅつ

white magic

魔道書まどうしょ

grimoire

魔導騎士まどうきし

knight wizard

黒魔術くろまじゅつ

black magic

魔酔ますい

absorption (in an activity)

魔睡ますい

deep slumber (as if under a spell)

悪魔の宴あくまのうたげ

black sabbath

魔方陣行列まほうじんぎょうれつ

magic square (matrix)

白魔法しろまほう

white magic

黒魔法くろまほう

black magic

メモ魔メモま

compulsive note-taker

魔法のじゅうたんまほうのじゅうたん

magic carpet

ラプラスの魔物ラプラスのまもの

Laplace's demon

悪魔派あくまは

Satanic school

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