魔 – witch, demon, evil spirit

21 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1514 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 魔 means witch, demon, evil spirit. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マ (ma). It is written with 21 strokes, under radical 鬼 (no. 194).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マ	ma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鬼 (Kangxi radical 194). Components: 鬼・田・木・儿・匕・广・麻・厶.

Words using 魔

邪魔じゃまhindrance悪魔あくまdevilお邪魔しますおじゃましますplease excuse the intrusion

Example sentences

お邪魔じゃないでしょうか。

I hope I'm not disturbing you.

Tatoeba #227088

悪魔は岩の間に隠れている。

Devils are hiding among the rocks.

Tatoeba #191366

Kanji with the same radical

魅鬼魂

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