鬼

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Han character

鬼 (radical 194 鬼+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山戈 (HUI), 竹戈 (HI), four-corner 26213)

  1. ghost
  2. spirit of dead
  3. devil

[edit] Note

It may not be clear from the character, but the lower right “dot” is a small 厶 (ム); it is a residual tail.

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 1460, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45758
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1993, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4427, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9B3C

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鬼 (Yale gwai2)

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[edit] Etymology

Thought to be derived from on (“‘hide’”); that which is hidden from sight.

[edit] Noun

鬼 (hiragana おに, romaji oni)

  1. an evil spirit; demon
    人神 周易云、人神曰鬼、居偉反、和名於邇、或説云、於邇者、隠音之訛也、鬼物隠而不欲顯形、故以稱也。
  2. someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability; demon
    彼女は仕事の鬼だ。
    She is a demon for work.
  3. "it" in a game of tag. The player(s) to catch the other players at children's traditional game, like hide and seek, kick the can.

[edit] Kanji

鬼 (common kanji)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

鬼 (hangeul 귀, revised gwi, McCune-Reischauer kwi, Yale kwi)

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鬼 (pinyin guǐ (gui3), kuài (kuai4), kuǐ (kui3), Wade-Giles kuei3, k'uai4, k'uei3)

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鬼 (quỷ, khuỷu, quẽ, quỉ, sưu)

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