See also:
U+602A, 怪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-602A

[U+6029]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+602B]

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 61, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心水土 (PEG), four-corner 97014, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠶔, 𢯑, 𬏴

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 382, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 711, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2288, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+602A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𢘪

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kruːds) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kʰuːd).

Etymology

(OC *kwrêh; *kwêh) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as (OC *kûi); They may be variants (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • koài - literary;
  • kòe/kòa - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kuai⁵¹/
Harbin /kuai⁵³/
Tianjin /kuai⁵³/
Jinan /kuɛ²¹/
Qingdao /kuɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kuai³¹²/
Xi'an /kuai⁴⁴/
Xining /kuɛ²¹³/
Yinchuan /kuɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /kuɛ¹³/
Ürümqi /kuai²¹³/
Wuhan /kuai³⁵/
Chengdu /kuai¹³/
Guiyang /kuai²¹³/
Kunming /kuæ²¹²/
Nanjing /kuae⁴⁴/
/kuae²¹²/
Hefei /kue̞⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kuai⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kuæ³⁵/
Hohhot /kuɛ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /kua³⁵/
Suzhou /kuɑ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /kue̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ka⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kua³²⁴/
Tunxi /kua⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kuai⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kuai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kuai⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kuai⁵³/
Taoyuan /kuɑi⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kwai³³/
Nanning /kʷai³³/
Hong Kong /kwai³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kuai²¹/
/kue²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kuɑi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kuɛ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /kuai²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kuai³⁵/
/kɔi³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (34)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kuɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kwɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guài
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwɛjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷˁrə-s/
English extraordinary

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7501
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kruːds/

Definitions

  1. strange; odd; unusual; peculiar; out of the ordinary; weird; queer
       hěn guài de rén   very weird person
    味道有點味道有点   Wèidào yǒudiǎn guài.   It tastes funny.
  2. amazed; astonished
  3. to blame someone; to put the blame on
       Bié guài tā.   Don't blame him.
  4. (colloquial) quite; rather
  5. (video games) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster, a non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games”).
       guài   to fight against monsters
  6. (slang, suffix) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster”). Often used affectionately for people of a trait.
    嚶嚶嘤嘤   yīngyīngguài   a person who likes to act cute and use 嚶嚶
    白嫖   báipiáoguài   a person who supports another idol or creator but doesn't make any expenditure to them

Synonyms

  • (strange):
  • (amazed):
  • (to blame):
  • (quite):

Compounds

  • 上門怪人上门怪人
  • 不怪
  • 不見怪不见怪
  • 不足為怪不足为怪 (bùzúwéiguài)
  • 休怪
  • 作怪 (zuòguài)
  • 做怪
  • 偏怪題偏怪题
  • 傀怪
  • 僻怪
  • 光怪 (guāngguài)
  • 光怪陸離光怪陆离 (guāngguàilùlí)
  • 八怪七喇
  • 凶怪
  • 刁怪
  • 刁鑽古怪刁钻古怪
  • 刻怪
  • 千奇百怪 (qiānqíbǎiguài)
  • 千鬼百怪
  • 司怪
  • 叱怪
  • 可怪 (kěguài)
  • 古怪 (gǔguài)
  • 古怪機靈古怪机灵
  • 古怪精靈古怪精灵
  • 古怪脾氣古怪脾气
  • 可煞作怪
  • 古裡古怪古里古怪
  • 古里古怪
  • 古離古怪古离古怪
  • 古靈精怪古灵精怪 (gǔlíngjīngguài)
  • 吁怪
  • 咄咄怪事 (duōduōguàishì)
  • 喬聲怪氣乔声怪气
  • 嗔怪 (chēnguài)
  • 嗤怪
  • 嗤怪子
  • 嚇人倒怪吓人倒怪
  • 土怪
  • 大驚小怪大惊小怪 (dàjīngxiǎoguài)
  • 天奇地怪
  • 天怪
  • 天災物怪天灾物怪
  • 失張倒怪失张倒怪
  • 失驚倒怪失惊倒怪
  • 失驚打怪失惊打怪
  • 奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)
  • 奇峰怪石
  • 奇形怪狀奇形怪状 (qíxíngguàizhuàng)
  • 奇怪 (qíguài)
  • 奇談怪論奇谈怪论 (qítánguàilùn)
  • 奇離古怪奇离古怪
  • 妖形怪狀妖形怪状
  • 妖怪 (yāoguài)
  • 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
  • 姦怪奸怪
  • 少見多怪少见多怪 (shǎojiànduōguài)
  • 山怪
  • 巍怪
  • 希奇古怪
  • 幻怪
  • 幽怪
  • 徵怪征怪
  • 志怪 (zhìguài)
  • 志怪小說志怪小说
  • 怪ㄎㄚ (guàikā)
  • 怪不到
  • 怪不得 (guàibude)
  • 怪不的
  • 怪不着
  • 怪不道
  • 怪事 (guàishì)
  • 怪事咄咄
  • 怪人 (guàirén)
  • 怪似
  • 怪來怪来
  • 怪俊的
  • 怪偉怪伟
  • 怪傑怪杰 (guàijié)
  • 怪僻 (guàipì)
  • 怪力
  • 怪力亂神怪力乱神 (guàilìluànshén)
  • 怪厲怪厉
  • 怪吒
  • 怪咖 (guàikā)
  • 怪哉 (guàizāi)
  • 怪嗔
  • 怪嚴怪严
  • 怪奇
  • 怪妄
  • 怪妖
  • 怪媚
  • 怪嫌
  • 怪巧
  • 怪幻
  • 怪底
  • 怪异 (guàiyì)
  • 怪形怪狀怪形怪状
  • 怪得
  • 怨怪
  • 怪怖
  • 怪怨
  • 怪怪奇奇
  • 怪恚
  • 怪恨
  • 怪惑
  • 怪惡怪恶
  • 怪愕
  • 怪慴怪慑
  • 怪憾
  • 怪戾
  • 怪手 (guàishǒu)
  • 怪杰 (guàijié)
  • 怪樣子怪样子
  • 怪模怪樣怪模怪样 (guàimúguàiyàng)
  • 怪歎怪叹
  • 怪民
  • 怪氣怪气
  • 怪沒意思怪没意思
  • 怪澀怪涩
  • 怪牒
  • 怪物
  • 怪物相
  • 怪特
  • 怪狀怪状
  • 怪獸怪兽 (guàishòu)
  • 怪生
  • 怪異怪异 (guàiyì)
  • 怪疑
  • 怪病 (guàibìng)
  • 怪癖 (guàipǐ)
  • 怪相 (guàixiàng)
  • 怪石
  • 怪石供
  • 怪石嶙峋
  • 怪神
  • 怪秘
  • 怪笑 (guàixiào)
  • 怪罪 (guàizuì)
  • 怪羽
  • 怪聲怪声
  • 怪聲怪氣怪声怪气
  • 怪胎 (guàitāi)
  • 怪腔怪調怪腔怪调
  • 怪膩的怪腻的
  • 怪臉怪脸
  • 怪艷怪艳
  • 怪處怪处
  • 怪行貨怪行货
  • 怪裡怪氣怪里怪气
  • 怪言
  • 怪訝怪讶 (guàiyà)
  • 怪話怪话
  • 怪詭怪诡
  • 怪詫怪诧
  • 怪說怪说
  • 怪誣怪诬
  • 怪誕怪诞 (guàidàn)
  • 怪誕不經怪诞不经
  • 怪誕劇怪诞剧
  • 怪談怪谈 (guàitán)
  • 怪論怪论
  • 怪諜怪谍
  • 怪謬怪谬
  • 怪譎怪谲
  • 怪變怪变
  • 怪象
  • 怪責怪责
  • 怪迂
  • 怪道
  • 怪錯怪错
  • 怪陋
  • 怪險怪险
  • 怪雨盲風怪雨盲风
  • 怪響怪响
  • 怪頭怪头
  • 怪駭怪骇
  • 怪鳥怪鸟
  • 怪麗怪丽
  • 恬不為怪恬不为怪
  • 恬不知怪
  • 恢怪
  • 恨怪
  • 愕怪
  • 憰怪
  • 懦詞怪說懦词怪说
  • 懷怪怀怪
  • 成妖作怪
  • 成精作怪
  • 才怪 (cáiguài)
  • 招怪
  • 捏怪
  • 捏怪排科
  • 搜奇抉怪
  • 揚州八怪扬州八怪
  • 揣歪捏怪
  • 搞怪
  • 斷怪除妖断怪除妖
  • 日怪
  • 木怪
  • 村怪
  • 梟蛇鬼怪枭蛇鬼怪
  • 歎怪叹怪
  • 歸奇顧怪归奇顾怪
  • 殊形怪狀殊形怪状
  • 殊怪
  • 毒魔狠怪
  • 水怪 (shuǐguài)
  • 沴怪
  • 深怪
  • 災怪灾怪
  • 無怪无怪 (wúguài)
  • 無怪乎无怪乎 (wúguàihū)
  • 牛心古怪
  • 牛渚怪
  • 物怪
  • 狂怪
  • 狂朋怪侶狂朋怪侣
  • 狂朋怪友
  • 狐怪
  • 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Min Nan)
  • 珍怪
  • 瑰怪
  • 瑰禽怪獸瑰禽怪兽
  • 生妖作怪
  • 疑怪
  • 疢頭怪腦疢头怪脑
  • 百怪
  • 百怪千奇
  • 盲風怪雨盲风怪雨
  • 盲風怪雲盲风怪云
  • 瞋怪
  • 祅怪
  • 神奇荒怪
  • 神妖鬼怪
  • 祕怪秘怪
  • 神怪 (shénguài)
  • 祲怪
  • 稀奇古怪 (xīqí gǔguài)
  • 精奇古怪
  • 精怪 (jīngguài)
  • 精靈古怪精灵古怪
  • 素隱行怪素隐行怪
  • 索隱行怪索隐行怪
  • 經濟怪獸经济怪兽
  • 胡捏怪
  • 興妖作怪兴妖作怪
  • 荒怪
  • 荒怪不經荒怪不经
  • 莫怪
  • 蠹怪
  • 行怪
  • 裝妖作怪装妖作怪
  • 見怪见怪 (jiànguài)
  • 見怪不怪见怪不怪 (jiànguàibùguài)
  • 見怪非怪见怪非怪
  • 訞怪𫍚怪
  • 詒怪诒怪
  • 詭形怪狀诡形怪状
  • 詭怪诡怪
  • 詫怪诧怪
  • 詼怪诙怪
  • 詭怪奇譎诡怪奇谲
  • 詭譎怪誕诡谲怪诞
  • 說也奇怪说也奇怪
  • 語怪语怪
  • 誣怪诬怪
  • 調風貼怪调风贴怪
  • 諧怪谐怪
  • 譎怪谲怪
  • 譎怪之談谲怪之谈
  • 變怪变怪
  • 責怪责怪 (zéguài)
  • 貼怪贴怪
  • 蹺怪跷怪
  • 辟怪
  • 迂怪
  • 迂怪不經迂怪不经
  • 逞怪
  • 逞怪披奇
  • 遐怪
  • 邪怪
  • 邪魔怪道
  • 醜八怪丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
  • 醜巴怪丑巴怪
  • 醜怪丑怪 (chǒuguài)
  • 醜頭怪臉丑头怪脸
  • 錯怪错怪 (cuòguài)
  • 陰怪阴怪
  • 陰陽怪氣阴阳怪气 (yīnyángguàiqì)
  • 陸離光怪陆离光怪
  • 險怪险怪
  • 隱怪隐怪
  • 離奇古怪离奇古怪
  • 難怪难怪 (nánguài)
  • 靈怪灵怪
  • 顛怪颠怪
  • 顧怪顾怪
  • 飭怪饬怪
  • 飾怪裝奇饰怪装奇
  • 駭怪骇怪
  • 騁怪骋怪
  • 驚怪惊怪 (jīngguài)
  • 鬥怪爭奇斗怪争奇
  • 鬼形怪狀鬼形怪状
  • 鬼怪 (guǐguài)
  • 魔怪 (móguài)
  • 麤怪粗怪
  • 龍怪龙怪

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かい) (kai)
  • Vietnamese: quái ()

References

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. mysterious

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (kwɛjH).

Pronunciation

Affix

(かい) • (kai) くわい (kwai)?

  1. strange; suspicious
  2. mysterious; wonderful
  3. extraordinary; unusual

Noun

(かい) • (kai) くわい (kwai)?

  1. strangeness

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC kweajH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

  • (in 怪怪, 怪常, 怪惡, 怪異 and 怪歎):
  • (strange; odd; unusual; peculiar):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kwe̞(ː)] ~ [kø̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource (eumhun 괴이할 (goeihal goe))

  1. Hanja form? of (strange; odd; unusual; peculiar).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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