怪

See also: 恠

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

怪 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		怪
alternative forms		𢘪 恠

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
怪	*kruːds
恠	*krɯːs
圣	*kʰuːd

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

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

Etymology

怪 (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as 傀 (OC *kûi); They may be variants (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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 (Hokkien)	/kuai²¹/ /kue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kuɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kuɛ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kuai²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kuai³⁵/ /kɔi³⁵/

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
Baxter	kweajH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai3

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/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guài (guai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guai⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуэ (gue, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): guai⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): koai

  (Meixian, Guangdong): guai⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): guai³
• Northern Min (KCR): guo̿i
• Eastern Min (BUC): guái
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gue⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koài / kòe / kòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kua
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guài
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴
    • Yale: gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
    • Palladius: гуай (guaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: guai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуэ (gue, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɛ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwaai³
    • Yale: gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuaɪ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: guai³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuai⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guo̿i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɛ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑi²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gue⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài
    • Tâi-lô: kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kua
    • MiniDict: kua^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kua³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ai̯⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kweajH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*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. amazed; astonished
3. to blame someone; to put the blame on

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

4. (colloquial) quite; rather
5. (video games) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster, a non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games”).

   打怪  ―  dǎguài  ―  to fight against monsters

6. (slang, suffix) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster”). Often used affectionately for people of a trait.

   嚶嚶怪／嘤嘤怪  ―  yīngyīngguài  ―  a person who likes to act cute and use 嚶嚶

   白嫖怪  ―  báipiáoguài  ―  a person who supports another idol or creator but doesn't make any expenditure to them

Synonyms

• (strange):

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• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)

 

• (amazed):

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• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 打忸 (Hakka)
• 詫異／诧异 (chàyì)
• 驚奇／惊奇 (jīngqí)
• 驚怪／惊怪 (jīngguài)
• 驚異／惊异 (jīngyì)
• 驚訝／惊讶 (jīngyà)
• 驚詫／惊诧 (jīngchà)

 

• (to blame):

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• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 叱罵／叱骂 (chìmà)
• 叱責／叱责 (chìzé)
• 吆喝 (colloquial)
• 呲 (cī)
• 呲兒／呲儿 (cīr)
• 呵叱 (hēchì)
• 呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
• 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 呵斥 (hēchì)
• 呵責／呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
• 喝叱
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
• 嗔著／嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 批評／批评 (pīpíng)
• 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
• 指斥 (zhǐchì)
• 指責／指责 (zhǐzé)
• 指點／指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
• 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
• 撻伐／挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
• 數落／数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
• 數說／数说 (shǔshuō)
• 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斥罵／斥骂 (chìmà)
• 斥責／斥责 (chìzé)
• 歸咎／归咎 (guījiù)
• 歸罪／归罪 (guīzuì)
• 派
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì) (literary)
• 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
• 申斥 (shēnchì)
• 痛罵／痛骂 (tòngmà)
• 聲討／声讨 (shēngtǎo)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓斥／训斥 (xùnchì)
• 詬病／诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說話／说话 (shuōhuà)
• 謗議／谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
• 譴責／谴责 (qiǎnzé)
• 責備／责备 (zébèi)
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 責罵／责骂 (zémà)
• 責難／责难 (zénàn)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶責／贬责 (biǎnzé)
• 賴／赖 (lài)
• 非議／非议 (fēiyì)
• 非難／非难 (fēinàn)
• 體斥／体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (quite):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
	Shuangfeng	蠻

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Compounds

• 上門怪人／上门怪人
• 不怪
• 不見怪／不见怪
• 不足為怪／不足为怪 (bùzúwéiguài)
• 休怪
• 作怪 (zuòguài)
• 做怪
• 偏怪題／偏怪题
• 傀怪
• 僻怪
• 光怪 (guāngguài)
• 光怪陸離／光怪陆离 (guāngguàilùlí)
• 八怪七喇
• 凶怪
• 刁怪
• 刁鑽古怪／刁钻古怪
• 刻怪
• 千奇百怪 (qiānqíbǎiguài)
• 千鬼百怪
• 司怪
• 叱怪
• 可怪 (kěguài)
• 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
• 可煞作怪
• 古裡古怪／古里古怪
• 古里古怪
• 古離古怪／古离古怪
• 古靈精怪／古灵精怪 (gǔlíngjīngguài)
• 吁怪
• 咄咄怪事 (duōduōguàishì)
• 喬聲怪氣／乔声怪气
• 嗔怪 (chēnguài)
• 嗤怪
• 嗤怪子
• 嚇人倒怪／吓人倒怪
• 土怪
• 大驚小怪／大惊小怪 (dàjīngxiǎoguài)
• 天奇地怪
• 天怪
• 天災物怪／天灾物怪
• 失張倒怪／失张倒怪
• 失驚倒怪／失惊倒怪
• 失驚打怪／失惊打怪
• 奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)
• 奇峰怪石
• 奇形怪狀／奇形怪状 (qíxíngguàizhuàng)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇談怪論／奇谈怪论 (qítánguàilùn)
• 奇離古怪／奇离古怪
• 妖形怪狀／妖形怪状
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
• 姦怪／奸怪
• 少見多怪／少见多怪 (shǎojiànduōguài)
• 山怪
• 巍怪
• 希奇古怪
• 幻怪
• 幽怪
• 徵怪／征怪
• 志怪 (zhìguài)
• 志怪小說／志怪小说
• 怪ㄎㄚ (guàikā)
• 怪不到
• 怪不得 (guàibude)
• 怪不的
• 怪不着
• 怪不道
• 怪事 (guàishì)
• 怪事咄咄
• 怪人 (guàirén)
• 怪似
• 怪來／怪来
• 怪俊的
• 怪偉／怪伟
• 怪傑／怪杰 (guàijié)
• 怪僻 (guàipì)
• 怪力
• 怪力亂神／怪力乱神 (guàilìluànshén)
• 怪厲／怪厉
• 怪吒
• 怪咖 (guàikā)
• 怪哉 (guàizāi)
• 怪嗔
• 怪嚴／怪严
• 怪奇
• 怪妄
• 怪妖
• 怪媚
• 怪嫌
• 怪巧
• 怪幻
• 怪底
• 怪异 (guàiyì)
• 怪形怪狀／怪形怪状
• 怪得
• 怨怪
• 怪怖
• 怪怨
• 怪怪奇奇
• 怪恚
• 怪恨
• 怪惑
• 怪惡／怪恶
• 怪愕
• 怪慴／怪慑
• 怪憾
• 怪戾
• 怪手 (guàishǒu)
• 怪杰 (guàijié)
• 怪樣子／怪样子
• 怪模怪樣／怪模怪样 (guàimúguàiyàng)
• 怪歎／怪叹
• 怪民
• 怪氣／怪气
• 怪沒意思／怪没意思
• 怪澀／怪涩
• 怪牒
• 怪物
• 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)
• 怪相 (guàixiàng)
• 怪石
• 怪石供
• 怪石嶙峋
• 怪神
• 怪秘
• 怪笑 (guàixiào)
• 怪罪 (guàizuì)
• 怪羽
• 怪聲／怪声
• 怪聲怪氣／怪声怪气
• 怪胎 (guàitāi)
• 怪腔怪調／怪腔怪调
• 怪膩的／怪腻的
• 怪臉／怪脸
• 怪艷／怪艳
• 怪處／怪处
• 怪行貨／怪行货
• 怪裡怪氣／怪里怪气
• 怪言
• 怪訝／怪讶 (guàiyà)
• 怪話／怪话
• 怪詭／怪诡
• 怪詫／怪诧
• 怪說／怪说
• 怪誣／怪诬
• 怪誕／怪诞 (guàidàn)
• 怪誕不經／怪诞不经
• 怪誕劇／怪诞剧
• 怪談／怪谈 (guàitán)
• 怪論／怪论
• 怪諜／怪谍
• 怪謬／怪谬
• 怪譎／怪谲
• 怪變／怪变
• 怪象
• 怪責／怪责
• 怪迂
• 怪道
• 怪錯／怪错
• 怪陋
• 怪險／怪险
• 怪雨盲風／怪雨盲风
• 怪響／怪响
• 怪頭／怪头
• 怪駭／怪骇
• 怪鳥／怪鸟
• 怪麗／怪丽
• 恬不為怪／恬不为怪
• 恬不知怪
• 恢怪
• 恨怪
• 愕怪
• 憰怪
• 懦詞怪說／懦词怪说
• 懷怪／怀怪
• 成妖作怪
• 成精作怪
• 才怪 (cáiguài)
• 招怪
• 捏怪
• 捏怪排科
• 搜奇抉怪
• 揚州八怪／扬州八怪
• 揣歪捏怪
• 搞怪
• 斷怪除妖／断怪除妖
• 日怪
• 木怪
• 村怪
• 梟蛇鬼怪／枭蛇鬼怪
• 歎怪／叹怪
• 歸奇顧怪／归奇顾怪
• 殊形怪狀／殊形怪状
• 殊怪
• 毒魔狠怪
• 水怪 (shuǐguài)
• 沴怪
• 深怪
• 災怪／灾怪
• 無怪／无怪 (wúguài)
• 無怪乎／无怪乎 (wúguàihū)
• 牛心古怪
• 牛渚怪
• 物怪
• 狂怪
• 狂朋怪侶／狂朋怪侣
• 狂朋怪友
• 狐怪
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Min Nan)
• 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
• 百怪
• 百怪千奇
• 盲風怪雨／盲风怪雨
• 盲風怪雲／盲风怪云
• 瞋怪
• 祅怪
• 神奇荒怪
• 神妖鬼怪
• 祕怪／秘怪
• 神怪 (shénguài)
• 祲怪
• 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
• 胡捏怪
• 興妖作怪／兴妖作怪
• 荒怪
• 荒怪不經／荒怪不经
• 莫怪
• 蠹怪
• 行怪
• 裝妖作怪／装妖作怪
• 見怪／见怪 (jiànguài)
• 見怪不怪／见怪不怪 (jiànguàibùguài)
• 見怪非怪／见怪非怪
• 訞怪／𫍚怪
• 詒怪／诒怪
• 詭形怪狀／诡形怪状
• 詭怪／诡怪
• 詫怪／诧怪
• 詼怪／诙怪
• 詭怪奇譎／诡怪奇谲
• 詭譎怪誕／诡谲怪诞
• 說也奇怪／说也奇怪
• 語怪／语怪
• 誣怪／诬怪
• 調風貼怪／调风贴怪
• 諧怪／谐怪
• 譎怪／谲怪
• 譎怪之談／谲怪之谈
• 變怪／变怪
• 責怪／责怪 (zéguài)
• 貼怪／贴怪
• 蹺怪／跷怪
• 辟怪
• 迂怪
• 迂怪不經／迂怪不经
• 逞怪
• 逞怪披奇
• 遐怪
• 邪怪
• 邪魔怪道
• 醜八怪／丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
• 醜巴怪／丑巴怪
• 醜怪／丑怪 (chǒuguài)
• 醜頭怪臉／丑头怪脸
• 錯怪／错怪 (cuòguài)
• 陰怪／阴怪
• 陰陽怪氣／阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì)
• 陸離光怪／陆离光怪
• 險怪／险怪
• 隱怪／隐怪
• 離奇古怪／离奇古怪
• 難怪／难怪 (nánguài)
• 靈怪／灵怪
• 顛怪／颠怪
• 顧怪／顾怪
• 飭怪／饬怪
• 飾怪裝奇／饰怪装奇
• 駭怪／骇怪
• 騁怪／骋怪
• 驚怪／惊怪 (jīngguài)
• 鬥怪爭奇／斗怪争奇
• 鬼形怪狀／鬼形怪状
• 鬼怪 (guǐguài)
• 魔怪 (móguài)
• 麤怪／粗怪
• 龍怪／龙怪

 

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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 怪

怪

(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)人(じん) (kaijin): monster person
• 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

• (Tokyo) かい [káꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

怪(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

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

Noun

怪(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. strangeness

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 怪 (MC kweajH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 괭〮 (Yale: kwáy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 괴 (kwoy) (Yale: kwoy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (in 怪怪, 怪常, 怪惡, 怪異 and 怪歎):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞] ~ [kø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [궤/괴]
• (strange; odd; unusual; peculiar):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞(ː)] ~ [kø̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [궤(ː)/괴(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

怪

Wikisource 怪 (eumhun 괴이할 괴 (goeihal goe))

1. hanja form^? of 괴 (“strange; odd; unusual; peculiar”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 괴걸 (怪傑, goegeol)
• 괴질 (怪疾, goejil)
• 해괴 (駭怪, haegoe)
• 기괴 (奇怪, gigoe)
• 괴상 (怪常, goesang)
• 괴한 (怪漢, goehan)
• 괴담 (怪談, goedam)
• 요괴 (妖怪, yogoe)
• 괴력 (怪力, goeryeok)
• 가괴 (可怪, gagoe)
• 괴이 (怪異, goei)
• 괴조 (怪鳥, goejo)
• 과수 (怪獸, gwasu)
• 괴물 (怪物, goemul)
• 괴상 (怪狀, goesang)
• 변괴 (變怪, byeon'goe)
• 괴술 (怪術, goesul)
• 고괴 (古怪, gogoe)
• 괴변 (怪變, goebyeon)
• 괴운 (怪雲, goe'un)
• 괴귀 (怪鬼, goegwi)
• 괴문 (怪聞, goemun)
• 괴악 (怪惡, goeak)
• 괴암 (怪巖, goeam)
• 괴우 (怪雨, goe'u)
• 괴인 (怪人, goein)
• 괴충 (怪蟲, goechung)
• 괴특 (怪特, goeteuk)
• 무괴 (無怪, mugoe)
• 물괴 (物怪, mulgoe)
• 흉괴 (凶怪, hyunggoe)
• 괴괴 (怪怪, goegoe)
• 괴기 (怪奇, goegi)
• 괴잡 (怪雜, goejap)
• 괴의 (怪疑, goe'ui)
• 험괴 (險怪, heomgoe)
• 괴벽 (怪癖, goebyeok)
• 괴설 (怪說, goeseol)
• 괴광 (怪光, goegwang)
• 괴동 (怪童, goedong)
• 괴사 (怪死, goesa)
• 괴선 (怪船, goeseon)
• 괴안 (怪案, goean)
• 괴언 (怪言, goeeon)
• 괴용 (怪勇, goeyong)
• 괴행 (怪行, goehaeng)
• 괴화 (怪火, goehwa)
• 극괴 (極怪, geukgoe)
• 신괴 (神怪, sin'goe)
• 광괴 (狂怪, gwanggoe)
• 괴교 (怪巧, goegyo)
• 괴금 (怪禽, goegeum)
• 괴도 (怪盜, goedo)
• 괴망 (怪妄, goemang)
• 괴몽 (怪夢, goemong)
• 괴사 (怪辭, goesa)
• 괴탄 (怪誕, goetan)
• 수괴 (殊怪, sugoe)
• 영괴 (靈怪, yeonggoe)
• 진괴 (珍怪, jin'goe)
• 추괴 (醜怪, chugoe)
• 괴마 (怪魔, goema)
• 괴우 (怪迂, goe'u)
• 궤괴 (詭怪, gwegoe)
• 환괴 (幻怪, hwan'goe)
• 괴아 (怪訝, goea)
• 해괴망측 (駭怪罔測, haegoemangcheuk)
• 기괴망측 (奇怪罔測, gigoemangcheuk)
• 기괴천만 (奇怪千萬, gigoecheonman)
• 괴악망측 (怪惡罔測, goeangmangcheuk)
• 괴괴망측 (怪怪罔測, goegoemangcheuk)
• 괴상망측 (怪常罔測, goesangmangcheuk)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

怪: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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