魔

(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical

20 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,043 U+9B54

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鬼 (semantic, “demon”) + 麻 (phonetic, má)

components: 麻鬼

demon · Heisig RSH #1473

麻 hemp + 鬼 ghost

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 麻

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 麻 (má) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
麻 sound component	má	hemp, flax, sesame; numb
摩	mó	to scour, to rub, to grind; friction
磨	mó	millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
靡	mí	to scatter, to disperse; to divide
糜	mí	rice gruel, congee; mashed
嘛	ma	final exclamatory particle
麽	mó	interrogative particle
縻	mí	harness, halter; to tie up

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
正义魔人	zhèng yì mó rén	(Tw) sanctimonious person; self-appointed moral arbiter
神魔小说	shén mó xiǎo shuō	supernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins
走火入魔	zǒu huǒ rù mó	to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallu…
食人魔	shí rén mó	ogre
魔法师	mó fǎ shī	magician; wizard; sorcerer
道高一尺，魔高一丈	dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng	(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challen…
牛魔王	Niú mó wáng	Gyuumao
中魔	zhòng mó	to be possessed; to be bewitched
魔头	mó tóu	monster; devil
心魔	xīn mó	inner demons; psychological obstacle or fixation
天魔	tiān mó	demonic; devil
魔性	mó xìng	(neologism c. 2014) irresistibly quirky; compelling in its wackiness
恶魔城	È mó Chéng	Castlevania (video game series)
变魔术	biàn mó shù	to perform magical tricks
魔法	mó fǎ	enchantment; magic
魔力	mó lì	magic; magic power
风魔	fēng mó	variant of 瘋魔\|疯魔[feng1 mo2]
红魔鬼	Hóng Mó guǐ	Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
病魔	bìng mó	serious illness
魔鬼鱼	mó guǐ yú	(coll.) ray (esp. manta ray or stingray)