怪

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

圣 is some rounded mass, block and the sound "guai"

[edit] 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

[edit] Synonyms

• 異, 奇, 妖

[edit] 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

---

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

怪 (Yale gwaai3)

---

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

怪 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

• 怪異
• 怪奇
• 怪訝
• 怪物
• 怪聞
• 怪我

---

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

---

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

---

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

怪 (quái, quảy, quấy, quế)