Chinese symbol for “ghost”
鬼魂
guǐ hún
ghost
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ghost is 鬼魂 (guǐ hún), defined as: ghost.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ghost”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鬼 | guǐ | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc |
| 幽魂 | yōu hún | ghost; spirit (of the dead) |
| 阴魂 (陰魂) | yīn hún | ghost; spirit |
| 阿飘 (阿飄) | ā piāo | (coll.) ghost (Tw) |
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬼魂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 小鬼 | xiǎo guǐ | little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child |
| 鬼子 | guǐ zi | devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip |
| 有鬼 | yǒu guǐ | (fig.) to smell fishy |
| 鬼话 (鬼話) | guǐ huà | lie; false words |
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 销魂 (銷魂) | xiāo hún | ecstasy; rapture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ghost”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.