漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
怪: suspicious, mystery
Also: apparition
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 忄heart(meaning)
- 圣(sound)
忄 carries the meaning · 圣 gives the sound
8 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 怪獣かいじゅうmonster
- 怪物かいぶつmonster
- 怪談かいだんghost story
- 妖怪ようかいmonstrous creature, hobgoblin
- 怪事件かいじけんunsolved mystery
- 怪奇なかいきなbizarre, strange
ケke · on'yomi
- 怪我けがinjury
あやしいayashii · kun'yomi · on its own
- 怪しいあやしいsuspicious, dubious, doubtful
あやしむayashimu · kun'yomi
- 怪しむあやしむsuspect [v.t.]
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side怪 suspicious · 忄
vs径 diameter · 彳In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · guài
Same form: 怪 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 怪 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 怪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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