One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 怪 - "strange, monster, to suspect"

怪

  • Meaning

    怪 means "strange, monster, to suspect."

    1. Strange - Mysterious; unusual.

    2. To suspect - To doubt; to find mysterious.

    3. Monster - Something unusual; a supernatural creature.

  • Words using 怪

    • 妖怪 ようかい Listen ghost; apparition; phantom
    • 怪獣 かいじゅう Listen monster
    • 怪物 かいぶつ Listen monster
    • 怪談 かいだん Listen ghost story; tale of the supernatural
    • 怪しい あやしい Listen suspicious; dubious; questionable
    • 怪奇 かいき Listen bizarre; strange; weird
    • 怪しむ あやしむ Listen to suspect
    • 怪我 けが Listen injury; wound; mistake

  • Four-character idioms with 怪

    • 奇怪千万 きかいせんばん Listen very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous
    • 妖怪変化 ようかいへんげ Listen monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror
    • 怪力乱神 かいりょくらんしん Listen supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons
    • 狐狸妖怪 こりようかい Listen tricksters; deceivers; fey creatures
    • 複雑怪奇 ふくざつかいき Listen complicated and mysterious

  • Tattoo check: 怪

    • Verified meaning: strange, monster, to suspect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    suspicious; mystery; apparition

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strange, unusual, peculiar

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    unusual, strange, peculiar

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Strange. Such as calling unusual things 怪事. | A monster. Such as 神怪, 妖怪. | To be alarmed. Such as 大驚小怪. Colloquially, being criticized is also 怪. Such as 見怪, 招怪.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

    ke(ケ) ケ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aya.shii(あや-しい) あや-しい

    aya.shimu(あや-しむ) あや-しむ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    strange to suspect monster suspicious unusual abnormal eerie enigmatic odd peculiar questionable sinister spooky supernatural uncanny weird mysterious

Sentences including 怪

  • He got hurt when he fell down.

  • She found a man injured.

  • He was hurt in the accident.

  • The sky looks ominous. i wonder if it will rain.

  • The sky looks angry.

  • Mother , father , look at your little monster.

  • Tom hurt himself.

  • I am suspicious of him.

  • She hurt her foot when she fell off her bicycle.

  • You will hurt yourself if you're not careful.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link