怪

See also 恠

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 忄 + phonetic 圣; the sound "guai".

Han character

怪 (radical 61 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心水土 (PEG), four-corner 9701₄)

1. adj. - strange, unusual, peculiar
2. v. - to blame

Synonyms

• 異, 奇, 妖

References

• KangXi: page 382, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10483
• Dae Jaweon: page 711, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2288, character 12
• Unihan data for U+602A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

怪 (Yale gwaai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

怪 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かい (kai), け (ke)
• Kun: あやしい (怪しい, ayashii), あやしむ (怪しむ, ayashimu)

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Korean

Hanja

怪 (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune-Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

怪 (pinyin guài (guai4), Wade-Giles kuai⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

怪 (quái, quảy, quấy, quế)