The kanji 鬼: meaning, readings and stroke order

鬼

Meaning: demon, ogre
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: おに oni
Strokes: 10
Radical: 鬼 ghost, demon
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quỷ, yêu quái (quỷ)
Japanese: おに。
Korean: 도깨비 (귀)
Chinese: 妖怪、恶鬼

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading · less common

鬼き才さい
rare genius
音楽の 鬼き才さいとよばれます。
He is called a musical genius.

おに oni · kun reading

鬼おに
ogre, demon (oni)
節分に 鬼おにの面をつけます。
On Setsubun, people wear ogre masks.

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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.