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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

怪 guài
unusual, strange, peculiar
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes
物 wu
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “monster”

WordPinyinMeaning
妖怪yāo guàimonster; devil
魔头 (魔頭)mó tóumonster; devil
怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being
妖物yāo wùmonster
妖yāogoblin; witch

Related words

Other words that share a character with 怪物.

WordPinyinMeaning
奇怪qí guàistrange; odd
难怪 (難怪)nán guài(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
怪异 (怪異)guài yìmonstrous; strange
古怪gǔ guàistrange; weird
怪兽 (怪獸)guài shòurare animal; mythical animal
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; 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.

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