怪(guài)

HSK 38 strokes

bewildering

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Character information

Pinyin
guài
Meaning
bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 怪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿰忄圣

Made of

忄xīn圣shèng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 怪 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 怪

Common words using 怪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qí奇guài怪
HSK 3

strange

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gǔ古guài怪
HSK 7-9

strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre

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dà大jīng惊xiǎo小guài怪
HSK 7-9

to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

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yāo妖guài怪
HSK 7-9

monster

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guài怪bù不dé得
HSK 7-9

no wonder!

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guài怪wù物
HSK 7-9

monster

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xiū休guài怪

don't blame (sb)

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zuò作guài怪

(of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the sc…

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奇古大惊小妖不得

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