The kanji 怪: meaning, readings and stroke order

怪

Meaning: strange, suspicious
On reading: カイ kai
Kun reading: あや（しい） ayashii、あや（しむ） ayashimu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kỳ lạ, đáng ngờ (quái)
Japanese: ふしぎ。あやしい。
Korean: 이상하다, 수상하다 (괴)
Chinese: 奇怪、可疑

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading · less common

怪かい談だん
ghost story
夏に 怪かい談だんを聞きます。
In summer, we listen to ghost stories.

あや（しい） ayashii · kun reading

怪あやしい
suspicious, strange
怪あやしい 物音がしました。
There was a strange noise.

あや（しむ） ayashimu · kun reading · less common

怪あやしむ
to suspect, to find strange
だれも 怪あやしみません でした。
No one suspected anything.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.