# 怪

| 怪 | U+602A, &#24618; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-602A |
| ← 怩 [U+6029] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 怫 → [U+602B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

怪 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心水土 (PEG), four-corner 9701$_4$, composition ⿰忄圣)

#### 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
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 怪 | *kruːds |
| 恠 | *krɯːs |
| 圣 | *kʰuːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kruːds) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 圣 (OC *kʰuːd).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guài (guai$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guai$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): guāi
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): guāi
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуэ (gue, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaai$^3$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gwaai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): guai$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): koai
    (Hailu, HRS): guai$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): guai$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guai$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): guo̿i
* Eastern Min (BUC): guái
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gue$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koài / kòe / kòa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guai$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): guai$^3$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gwaai$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$kua / $^5$kue
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guài
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guài
*** Wade–Giles: kuai$^4$
*** Yale: gwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
*** Palladius: гуай (guaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: guai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guai
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: guāi
*** Sinological IPA : /kuæ⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: guāi
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɛ⁴⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуэ (gue, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɛ⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaai$^3$
*** Yale: gwaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːi̯³³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gwaai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷai³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koai
*** Hakka Romanization System: guai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: guai$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuai¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuaɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuai⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guo̿i
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɛ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guái
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɑi²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gue$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuei⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài
*** Tâi-lô: kuài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koaix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kuai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
*** Tâi-lô: kuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koex
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa
*** Tâi-lô: kuà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koax
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹/
* koài - literary;
* kòe/kòa - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit怪 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kuai⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kuɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kuɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kuai³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kuai⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kuɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kuɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kuɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kuai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kuai³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kuai¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kuai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kuæ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kuae⁴⁴/ /kuae²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kue̞⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kuai⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kuæ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kuɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kua³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kuɑ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kue̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ka⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kua³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kua⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kuai⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kuai⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kuai⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kuai⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kuɑi⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kwai³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kʷai³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kwai³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kuai²¹/ /kue²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kuɑi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kuɛ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kuai²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kuai³⁵/ /kɔi³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kweajH
Rime :
| Character | 怪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (34) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古壞切 |
| Baxter | kweajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠuɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kwɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwaai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 怪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwɛj$^H$ › |
| 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 | 怪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7501 |
| Phonetic component | 圣 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 怪 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːds/ |

### Definitions

怪
* strange; odd; unusual; peculiar; out of the ordinary; weird; queer
    很怪的人 ― hěn guài de rén ― very weird person
    味道有點怪。／味道有点怪。 ― Wèidào yǒudiǎn guài. ― It tastes funny.
* amazed; astonished
* to blame someone; to put the blame on
    別怪他。／别怪他。 ― Bié guài tā. ― Don't blame him.
* (colloquial) quite; rather
* (video games) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster, a non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games”).
    打怪 ― dǎguài ― to fight against monsters
* (slang, suffix) Short for 怪物 (guàiwu, “monster”). Often used affectionately for people of a trait.
    嚶嚶怪／嘤嘤怪 ― yīngyīngguài ― a person who likes to act cute and use 嚶嚶
    白嫖怪 ― báipiáoguài ― a person who supports another idol or creator but doesn't make any expenditure to them

#### Synonyms

* (strange):
* 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
* 古怪 (gǔguài)
* 各樣 / 各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
* 各鱉 / 各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
* 奇怪 (qíguài)
* 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
* 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
* 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 怪死 (Hokkien)
* 怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
* 日怪 (reh$^4$ guai$^3$) (Jin)
* 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 稀奇 (xīqí)
* 詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
* 趣怪 (Hakka)
* 蹊蹺 / 蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
* 離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
* 龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)
* (amazed):
* 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
* 打忸 (Hakka)
* 詫異 / 诧异 (chàyì)
* 驚奇 / 惊奇 (jīngqí)
* 驚怪 / 惊怪 (jīngguài)
* 驚異 / 惊异 (jīngyì)
* 驚訝 / 惊讶 (jīngyà)
* 驚詫 / 惊诧 (jīngchà)
* (to blame):
* nan-xia+nan-hbl-TW:怨怪
* nan-xia+nan-zha:體斥 / nan-xia+nan-zha:体斥
* 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
* 叱呵 (chìhē)
* 叱罵 / 叱骂 (chìmà)
* 叱責 / 叱责 (chìzé)
* 吆喝 (colloquial)
* 呲 (cī)
* 呲兒 / 呲儿 (cīr)
* 呵叱 (hēchì)
* 呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
* 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
* 呵斥 (hēchì)
* 呵責 / 呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
* 喝叱
* 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
* 嗔著 / 嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
* 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
* 怪罪 (guàizuì)
* 批評 / 批评 (pīpíng)
* 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
* 指斥 (zhǐchì)
* 指責 / 指责 (zhǐzé)
* 指點 / 指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
* 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 掛數 / 挂数 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
* 撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
* 數落 / 数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
* 數說 / 数说 (shǔshuō)
* 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斥罵 / 斥骂 (chìmà)
* 斥責 / 斥责 (chìzé)
* 歸咎 / 归咎 (guījiù)
* 歸罪 / 归罪 (guīzuì)
* 派
* 激勵 / 激励 (jīlì) (literary)
* 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
* 申斥 (shēnchì)
* 痛罵 / 痛骂 (tòngmà)
* 聲討 / 声讨 (shēngtǎo)
* 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 訓斥 / 训斥 (xùnchì)
* 詬病 / 诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
* 說 / 说
* 說話 / 说话 (shuōhuà)
* 謗議 / 谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
* 譴責 / 谴责 (qiǎnzé)
* 責備 / 责备 (zébèi)
* 責怪 / 责怪 (zéguài)
* 責罵 / 责骂 (zémà)
* 責難 / 责难 (zénàn)
* 貶斥 / 贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
* 貶責 / 贬责 (biǎnzé)
* 賴 / 赖 (lài)
* 非議 / 非议 (fēiyì)
* 非難 / 非难 (fēinàn)
* (quite):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

### 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

* → Japanese: 怪(かい) (kai)
* → Vietnamese: quái (怪)

### References

* “怪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* mysterious

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
* Kun: あやしい (ayashii, 怪しい, Jōyō)、あやしむ (ayashimu, 怪しむ, Jōyō)
* Nanori: やす (yasu)、よし (yoshi)

#### Compounds

* 怪(かい)獣(じゅう) (kaijū): monster
* 怪(かい)人(じん) (kaijin): monster person
* 怪(かい)猫(びょう) (kaibyō): a monster cat
* 怪(け)我(が) (kega): an injury, a wound
* 怪(かい)傑(けつ) (kaiketsu): an extraordinary person
* 怪(かい)盗(とう) (kaitō): a phantom thief
* Kanji in this term
* 怪
* かい Grade: S
* on'yomi

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 怪 (kwɛj$^H$).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かい [káꜜì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠i]

### Affix

怪(かい) • (kai)
* strange; suspicious
* mysterious; wonderful
* extraordinary; unusual

### Noun

怪(かい) • (kai)
* strangeness

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 怪 (MC kweajH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 괭〮 (Yale: kwáy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 괴 (kwoy) (Yale: kwoy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 怪 (eumhun 괴이할 괴 (goeihal goe))
* hanja form of 괴 (“strange; odd; unusual; peculiar”)

#### Compounds

* 가괴 (可怪, gagoe)
* 고괴 (古怪, gogoe)
* 과수 (怪獸, gwasu)
* 광괴 (狂怪, gwanggoe)
* 괴걸 (怪傑, goegeol)
* 괴광 (怪光, goegwang)
* 괴괴 (怪怪, goegoe)
* 괴괴망측 (怪怪罔測, goegoemangcheuk)
* 괴교 (怪巧, goegyo)
* 괴귀 (怪鬼, goegwi)
* 괴금 (怪禽, goegeum)
* 괴기 (怪奇, goegi)
* 괴담 (怪談, goedam)
* 괴도 (怪盜, goedo)
* 괴동 (怪童, goedong)
* 괴력 (怪力, goeryeok)
* 괴마 (怪魔, goema)
* 괴망 (怪妄, goemang)
* 괴몽 (怪夢, goemong)
* 괴문 (怪聞, goemun)
* 괴물 (怪物, goemul)
* 괴벽 (怪癖, goebyeok)
* 괴변 (怪變, goebyeon)
* 괴사 (怪死, goesa)
* 괴사 (怪辭, goesa)
* 괴상 (怪常, goesang)
* 괴상 (怪狀, goesang)
* 괴상망측 (怪常罔測, goesangmangcheuk)
* 괴선 (怪船, goeseon)
* 괴설 (怪說, goeseol)
* 괴술 (怪術, goesul)
* 괴아 (怪訝, goea)
* 괴악 (怪惡, goeak)
* 괴악망측 (怪惡罔測, goeangmangcheuk)
* 괴안 (怪案, goean)
* 괴암 (怪巖, goeam)
* 괴언 (怪言, goeeon)
* 괴용 (怪勇, goeyong)
* 괴우 (怪迂, goe'u)
* 괴우 (怪雨, goe'u)
* 괴운 (怪雲, goe'un)
* 괴의 (怪疑, goe'ui)
* 괴이 (怪異, goei)
* 괴인 (怪人, goein)
* 괴잡 (怪雜, goejap)
* 괴조 (怪鳥, goejo)
* 괴질 (怪疾, goejil)
* 괴충 (怪蟲, goechung)
* 괴탄 (怪誕, goetan)
* 괴특 (怪特, goeteuk)
* 괴한 (怪漢, goehan)
* 괴행 (怪行, goehaeng)
* 괴화 (怪火, goehwa)
* 궤괴 (詭怪, gwegoe)
* 극괴 (極怪, geukgoe)
* 기괴 (奇怪, gigoe)
* 기괴망측 (奇怪罔測, gigoemangcheuk)
* 기괴천만 (奇怪千萬, gigoecheonman)
* 무괴 (無怪, mugoe)
* 물괴 (物怪, mulgoe)
* 변괴 (變怪, byeon'goe)
* 수괴 (殊怪, sugoe)
* 신괴 (神怪, sin'goe)
* 영괴 (靈怪, yeonggoe)
* 요괴 (妖怪, yogoe)
* 진괴 (珍怪, jin'goe)
* 추괴 (醜怪, chugoe)
* 해괴 (駭怪, haegoe)
* 해괴망측 (駭怪罔測, haegoemangcheuk)
* 험괴 (險怪, heomgoe)
* 환괴 (幻怪, hwan'goe)
* 흉괴 (凶怪, hyunggoe)

### 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

怪: Hán Nôm readings: quái
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