Chinese symbol for “monster”
怪物
guài wu
monster; freak; eccentric person
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monster is 怪物 (guài wu), defined as: monster; freak; eccentric person.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “monster”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妖怪 | yāo guài | monster; devil |
| 魔头 (魔頭) | mó tóu | monster; devil |
| 怪 | guài | odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being |
| 妖物 | yāo wù | monster |
| 妖 | yāo | goblin; witch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怪物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange; odd |
| 难怪 (難怪) | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) |
| 怪异 (怪異) | guài yì | monstrous; strange |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monster”.
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.