Chinese symbol for “monstrous”
怪异
guài yì
Traditional: 怪異
monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monstrous is 怪异 (guài yì), defined as: monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怪异.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange; odd |
| 怪物 | guài wu | monster; freak |
| 难怪 (難怪) | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 异常 (異常) | yì cháng | unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally |
| 异议 (異議) | yì yì | objection; dissent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monstrous”.
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.