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魅 = 鬼 + 未

魅 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fascination”. It is built from 鬼 (ghost) and 未 (not yet). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2179.

Keyword
fascination
RTK frame
2179
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ミ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
очарование
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
魅 kind of forest demon

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 鬼 ghost
  2. 未 not yet

How to find 魅 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ghost” + “not yet”. 魅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 魅 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.