漢字道KANJIDO

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カイ・ケ
Kun
あや.しい・あや.しむ
Meaning
suspicious; mysterious

Origin

ORIGIN

忄 "heart" with 圣: what snags the heart — suspicious, mysterious.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

カイ怪談・怪物・奇怪
あやしい怪しい・怪しげだ

Compare: 妖しい

あやしむ怪しむ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 怪談かいだん

    ghost story

  • 怪我けが

    injury

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

転んで怪我をした。

I fell and got injured.

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