Chinese symbol for “uncanny”
怪
guài
odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncanny is 怪 (guài), defined as: odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “uncanny”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怪.
| 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) |
| 怪异 (怪異) | guài yì | monstrous; strange |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 怪兽 (怪獸) | guài shòu | rare animal; mythical animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncanny”.
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.