怪

See also: 恠

怪 U+602A, 怪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-602A ← 怩 [U+6029] CJK Unified Ideographs 怫 → [U+602B]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠶔, 𢯑, 𬏴

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		怪
alternative forms		𢘪 恠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
怪	*kruːds
恠	*krɯːs
圣	*kʰuːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kruːds): semantic 忄 + phonetic 圣 (OC *kʰuːd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guài (guai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koai
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): koài / kòe / kòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³

• Wu (Wiktionary): kua (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kuai4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³
    • Yale: gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài
    • Tâi-lô: kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa
    • Tâi-lô: kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koax
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹/

Note:

• koài - literary;
• kòe/kòa - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: guai³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: kua (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯa̱³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 怪
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kuai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kuai⁵³/
	Jinan	/kuɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/kuɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kuai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kuai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kuɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kuɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kuɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kuai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kuai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kuai¹³/
	Guiyang	/kuai²¹³/
	Kunming	/kuæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kuae⁴⁴/ /kuae²¹²/
	Hefei	/kue̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kuæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kuɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kua³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kuɑ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/kue̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ka⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kua³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/kua⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kuai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kuai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuai⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kuai⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/kuɑi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwai³³/
	Nanning	/kʷai³³/
	Hong Kong	/kwai³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kuai²¹/ /kue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kuɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kuɛ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kuai²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kuai³⁵/ /kɔi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠuɛi^H/

Rime
Character	怪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古壞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kuɛiH/
Wang Li	/kwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guài

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	怪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guài
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁrə-s/
English	extraordinary
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	怪
Reading #	1/1
No.	7501
Phonetic component	圣
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	怪
Old Chinese	/*kruːds/

Definitions

怪

1. strange, odd, unusual, peculiar, out-of-the-ordinary, weird, queer

   很怪的人  ―  hěn guài de rén  ―  very weird person

   味道有點怪。 / 味道有点怪。  ―  Wèidào yǒudiǎn guài.  ―  It tastes funny.

2. to blame someone, to put the blame on

   別怪他。 / 别怪他。  ―  Bié guài tā.  ―  Don't blame him.

3. quite, rather

Synonyms

• 異／异 (yì), 奇 (qí), 妖 (yāo)

Compounds

Derived terms from 怪

• 上門怪人／上门怪人
• 不見怪／不见怪
• 不足為怪／不足为怪 (bùzúwéiguài)
• 休怪
• 作怪 (zuòguài)
• 偏怪題／偏怪题
• 光怪 (guāngguài)
• 光怪陸離／光怪陆离 (guāngguàilùlí)
• 八怪七喇
• 凶怪
• 刁鑽古怪／刁钻古怪
• 千奇百怪
• 千鬼百怪
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 古怪機靈／古怪机灵
• 古怪精靈／古怪精灵
• 古怪脾氣／古怪脾气
• 古裡古怪／古里古怪
• 古靈精怪／古灵精怪 (gǔlíngjīngguài)
• 可怪
• 可煞作怪
• 咄咄怪事 (duōduōguàishì)
• 喬聲怪氣／乔声怪气
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài)
• 大驚小怪／大惊小怪 (dàjīngxiǎoguài)
• 天奇地怪
• 天災物怪／天灾物怪
• 失張倒怪／失张倒怪
• 失驚打怪／失惊打怪
• 奇奇怪怪
• 奇峰怪石
• 奇形怪狀／奇形怪状 (qíxíngguàizhuàng)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇談怪論／奇谈怪论
• 妖形怪狀／妖形怪状
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
• 少見多怪／少见多怪
• 希奇古怪
• 志怪 (zhìguài)
• 志怪小說／志怪小说
• 怪不得 (guàibude)
• 怪不的
• 怪事 (guàishì)
• 怪人 (guàirén)
• 怪俊的
• 怪傑／怪杰
• 怪僻 (guàipì)
• 怪力亂神／怪力乱神

• 怪哉 (guàizāi)
• 怪底
• 怪恨
• 怪手 (guàishǒu)
• 怪模怪樣／怪模怪样 (guàimúguàiyàng)
• 怪樣子／怪样子
• 怪沒意思／怪没意思
• 怪物 (guàiwu)
• 怪物相
• 怪特
• 怪狀／怪状
• 怪獸／怪兽 (guàishòu)
• 怪生
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 怪疑
• 怪病 (guàibìng)
• 怪癖 (guàipǐ)
• 怪石
• 怪石嶙峋
• 怪笑 (guàixiào)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 怪聲／怪声
• 怪胎 (guàitāi)
• 怪腔怪調／怪腔怪调
• 怪膩的／怪腻的
• 怪處／怪处
• 怪裡怪氣／怪里怪气 (guàiliguàiqì)
• 怪話／怪话
• 怪誕／怪诞 (guàidàn)
• 怪誕不經／怪诞不经
• 怪誕劇／怪诞剧
• 怪談／怪谈 (guàitán)
• 怪譎／怪谲
• 怪象
• 怪責／怪责
• 怪道
• 怪頭／怪头
• 恬不為怪／恬不为怪
• 恬不知怪
• 成妖作怪
• 成精作怪
• 才怪 (cáiguài)
• 捏怪
• 捏怪排科
• 揚州八怪／扬州八怪
• 揣歪捏怪
• 搜奇抉怪
• 搞怪
• 斷怪除妖／断怪除妖

• 歸奇顧怪／归奇顾怪
• 殊形怪狀／殊形怪状
• 無怪／无怪 (wúguài)
• 牛心古怪
• 狂朋怪友
• 狡怪 (káu-koài)
• 珍怪
• 瑰怪
• 瑰禽怪獸／瑰禽怪兽
• 生妖作怪
• 疑怪
• 疢頭怪腦／疢头怪脑
• 神奇荒怪
• 神妖鬼怪
• 神怪 (shénguài)
• 稀奇古怪 (xīqí gǔguài)
• 精奇古怪
• 精怪 (jīngguài)
• 精靈古怪／精灵古怪
• 素隱行怪／素隐行怪
• 索隱行怪／索隐行怪
• 經濟怪獸／经济怪兽
• 興妖作怪／兴妖作怪
• 荒怪不經／荒怪不经
• 莫怪
• 見怪／见怪 (jiànguài)
• 見怪不怪／见怪不怪 (jiànguàibùguài)
• 詭形怪狀／诡形怪状
• 詭怪／诡怪
• 詭怪奇譎／诡怪奇谲
• 詭譎怪誕／诡谲怪诞
• 說也奇怪／说也奇怪
• 調風貼怪／调风贴怪
• 譎怪之談／谲怪之谈
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 迂怪不經／迂怪不经
• 醜八怪／丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
• 醜巴怪／丑巴怪
• 醜頭怪臉／丑头怪脸
• 錯怪／错怪 (cuòguài)
• 陰陽怪氣／阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì)
• 陸離光怪／陆离光怪
• 難怪／难怪 (nánguài)
• 靈怪／灵怪
• 駭怪／骇怪
• 驚怪／惊怪
• 鬼怪 (guǐguài)
• 魔怪 (móguài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (怪):

• → Japanese: 怪(かい) (kai)
• → Vietnamese: quái (怪)

References

• “怪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

怪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mysterious

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: あやしい (ayashii, 怪しい, Jōyō); あやしむ (ayashimu, 怪しむ, Jōyō)
• Nanori: やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 怪(かい)獣(じゅう) (kaijū): monster
• 怪(かい)猫(びょう) (kaibyō): a monster cat
• 怪(け)我(が) (kega): an injury, a wound
• 怪(かい)傑(けつ) (kaiketsu): an extraordinary person
• 怪(かい)盗(とう) (kaitō): a phantom thief

Kanji in this term
怪
かい Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 怪 (kwɛj^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) か​い [káꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

怪(かい) • (kai)  (historical kana くわい)

1. strange; suspicious
2. mysterious; wonderful
3. extraordinary; unusual

Noun

怪(かい) • (kai)  (historical kana くわい)

1. strangeness

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Korean

Hanja

怪 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, McCune–Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

怪 (quái)

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