What 魉 means
It names an uncanny spirit tied to the natural landscape. Older Chinese spellings include 罔兩 and 蛧蜽; 魉 is a later written form.
Mandarin uses 魍魉 as the usual compound; Japanese references use 魍魎 for a river spirit. 魑魅魍魉 means assorted monsters and, figuratively, harmful schemers. Older glosses also connect 魍魉 with the pale edge of a shadow.
Literary and old-fashioned; Japanese references also keep it in spirit lore.
Alone, 魉 does not mean “all monsters”; that reading belongs to 魑魅魍魉.
Who writes 魉
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1Why does 魉 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 魉
- Also called
- wangliang · mōryō · sudama
- Search it as
- 魍魉 · 魑魅魍魉 · shadow spirit · river spirit · shadow edge
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
魉\9B49Codes and encoding1 code points
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