魃

魃 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈戈大水 (HIIKE) or 竹戈戈大大 (HIIKK), four-corner 2321₄, composition ⿺鬼犮)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45806
• Dae Jaweon: page 1995, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4430, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9B43

Historical forms of the character 魃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

魃

1. drought demon

   • 旱既大甚、滌滌山川。旱魃為虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     旱既大甚、涤涤山川。旱魃为虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hàn jì dàshèn, dídí shān chuān. Hànbá wèi nüè, rú tán rú fén. [Pinyin]

     The drought is excessive; - Parched are the hills, and the streams are dried. The demon of drought exercises its oppression. As if scattering flames and fire.

   • 魃不得復上，所居不雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     魃不得复上，所居不雨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Bá bùdé fù shàng, suǒjū bù yǔ. [Pinyin]

     Drought-Daemon could not go back up, so where she dwells there's no rain.

• “魃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ばち (bachi)、ばつ (batsu)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
• Kun: ひでり (hideri)

魃 • (bal) (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune–Reischauer pal, Yale pal)

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