魔王

Chinese

devil king
trad. (魔王)
simp. #(魔王)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (35)
Final () (95) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter ma hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muɑ/ /ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/muɑ/ /ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɑ/ /ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwa/ /ɦuaŋ/
Li
Rong
/muɑ/ /ɣiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/muɑ/ /ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muɑ/ /iwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mo4 wong4

Noun

魔王

  1. (religion) devil king
  2. (figuratively) very evil person; fiend

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
おう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma̠o̞ː]

Noun

()(おう) • (maō) 

  1. (religion) the devil, devil king
  2. archenemy
  3. (fantasy) leader of the underworld; dark lord
    Coordinate term: 魔族 (mazoku, one of the underworld)

Usage notes

Despite the term containing (ō, king), a 魔王 (maō) is not necessarily male. 魔王 (maō) can also refer to female demonic leaders.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

魔王 • (mawang) (hangeul 마왕)

  1. Hanja form? of 마왕 (the devil, devil king).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

魔王

  1. chữ Hán form of ma vương (devil king).
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