See also:
U+602A, 怪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-602A

[U+6029]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+602B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

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.
alternative forms 𢘪

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


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

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (34)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kuɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kwɐiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7501
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kruːds/

Definitions

  1. strange; odd; unusual; peculiar; out of the ordinary; weird; queer
      ―  hěn guài de rén  ―  very weird person
    味道有點味道有点  ―  Wèidào yǒudiǎn guài.  ―  It tastes funny.
  2. amazed; astonished
  3. to blame someone; to put the blame on
      ―  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”)
      ―  guài  ―  to fight against monsters
  6. (slang, suffix) short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster”) Often used affectionately for people of a trait.
    嚶嚶嘤嘤  ―  yīngyīngguài  ―  a person who likes to act cute and use 嚶嚶
    白嫖  ―  báipiáoguài  ―  a person who supports another idol or creator but doesn't make any expenditure to them

Synonyms

  • (strange):
  • (amazed):
  • (to blame):
  • (quite):

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 (rìguài)
  • 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 ():
  • Japanese: (かい) (kai)
  • Vietnamese: quái ()

References

  • ”, 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–
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 156.

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. mysterious

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (kwɛjH).

Pronunciation

Affix

(かい) • (kaiくわい (kwai)?

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

Noun

(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 (MC kweajH).

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

Wikisource

(eumhun 괴이할 (goeihal goe))

  1. hanja form? of (strange; odd; unusual; peculiar)

Compounds

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

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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