Kanji Detail for 乖 - "oppose, clever"

乖

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
乖 means "oppose, clever."
1. Oppose - To go against; to contradict; to separate.
2. Clever - Intelligent; shrewd.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

oppose; disobey

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

rebel; crafty, shrewd

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

obedient, well-behaved; clever

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

To contradict; to oppose. Meaning one thing here and another there, not in agreement. Such as 乖戾 (perverse), 乖張 (eccentric). | Having cleverness. Such as 乖巧 (clever), 乖覺 (shrewd).
Onyomi

kai(かい)
Kunyomi

modo.ru(もどる)

somu.ku(そむく)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

丿 (no・haraibo)
Related Keywords
oppose against contradict separate clever intelligent shrewd