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怪 — 8 strokes / Radical「忄」

道
3Junior high level / 8 strokes / Radical「忄」
On
カイ・ケかい・け · kai · ke
Kun
あや.しい・あや.しむaya.shii · aya.shimu
Meaning
suspicious; mysterious

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカイかいkai怪談かいだん怪物かいぶつ奇怪きっかい
Kunあやしいayashii怪しいあやしい怪しげだあやしげだ

Compare: 妖しい

Kunあやしむayashimu怪しむあやしむ

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

More words with this kanji

  • 妖怪ようかい
  • 怪訝けげん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

転(ころ)んで怪我(けが)をした。

I fell and got injured.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

怪我怪談怪我I談talk恨resent悔regret悟realiz…悦joy惜regret華splend…掛hang塊lump乂to mow丐to beg
CompoundRadicalReading

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