Question

魅 fascination, charm, bewitch 1 1206 15 194 おに・きにょう 会意 Compound Ideographic Ghosts have not yet left the world, they must still have a deep fascination with their past life on Earth.

Accepted Answer

ミ 魅力(みりょく): charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal S 鬼: ghost; devil未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 鬼 10 (none) fascination Here the "Ghostbusters" founder talks about his fascination for ghosts (picture Dan Arkroyd in the movie if that helps). He says he has a fascination for ghosts ever since he saw one as a teenager. Since then he´s been scouring all of the world, trying to capture them on tape, on video... A journalist asks "When will it end ? Aren´t you tired of chasing ghosts ?" "Oh no, not yet ! Not until I become a ghost myself anyway !".

Kanji	魅
Onyomi	ミ
English	fascination, charm, bewitch
Examples	魅力(みりょく): charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1206
Components	鬼: ghost; devil 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	鬼
Radical Number	194
Radical Strokes	10
Radical Reading	おに・きにょう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	fascination
Koohii Story 1	Ghosts have not yet left the world, they must still have a deep fascination with their past life on Earth.
Koohii Story 2	Here the "Ghostbusters" founder talks about his fascination for ghosts (picture Dan Arkroyd in the movie if that helps). He says he has a fascination for ghosts ever since he saw one as a teenager. Since then he´s been scouring all of the world, trying to capture them on tape, on video... A journalist asks "When will it end ? Aren´t you tired of chasing ghosts ?" "Oh no, not yet ! Not until I become a ghost myself anyway !".

Fascination Ghosts Sign World 魅 ミ Charm Bewitch

Fascination Ghosts Sign World 魅ミ Charm Bewitch