Hanja Analyzer
怪

怪 — goe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
괴이할 괴
Romanization
goe
English
strange, unusual, peculiar
Mandarin
guài
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
あや.しい あや.しむ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,634 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
恠
Radical
心 (61, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+602A

Parts that make up 怪

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 圣 흙을 파는 손‘굴·성’ 계열의 소리

How 怪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 怪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 圣.

Korean example words with 怪

  • 괴사怪事 Korean gloss: 괴상한 일
  • 괴도怪盜 Korean gloss: 괴상한 도둑
  • 괴문怪聞 Korean gloss: 괴상한 소문
  • 괴벽怪癖 Korean gloss: 괴이한 버릇
  • 괴성怪聲 Korean gloss: 괴상한 소리
  • 괴작怪作 Korean gloss: 괴이한 작품
  • 괴행怪行 Korean gloss: 괴상한 행동
  • 괴담怪談 Korean gloss: 괴상한 이야기
  • 괴기怪奇 Korean gloss: 괴상하고 기이함
  • 괴휼怪譎 Korean gloss: 괴이하고 간사함
  • 괴석怪石 Korean gloss: 괴상하게 생긴 돌
  • 괴조怪鳥 Korean gloss: 괴상하게 생긴 새

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 怪

  • 怪獣かいじゅう monster
  • 妖怪ようかい ghost; apparition; phantom
  • 怪談かいだん ghost story; tale of the supernatural
  • 怪物かいぶつ monster
  • 怪文書かいぶんしょ dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements
  • 怪かい mystery; wonder
  • 怪人かいじん mysterious person
  • 怪しげあやしげ questionable; doubtful; suspicious
  • 怪しいあやしい suspicious; dubious; questionable
  • 怪奇かいき bizarre; strange; weird
  • 奇怪きかい strange; wonderful; weird
  • 怪しむあやしむ to suspect

Other hanja read “괴”

Other hanja with radical 心

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