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魔 = 麻 + 鬼

魔 is a Japanese kanji written with 21 strokes, listed here under the keyword “witch”. It is built from 麻 (hemp) and 鬼 (ghost). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2178.

Keyword
witch
RTK frame
2178
Strokes
21
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ведьма
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
魔 demon

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 麻 hemp
  2. 鬼 ghost

How to find 魔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hemp” + “ghost”. 魔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 魔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.