Japanese symbol for “ghastly”
鬼気
きき
Romaji: kiki
ghastly; dreadful
In Japanese, ghastly is 鬼気, read きき (kiki).
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.
Meanings
- n ghastly; dreadful
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ghastly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凄まじい | すさまじい susamajii | terrible; dreadful; awful |
| 凄惨 | せいさん seisan | ghastly; gruesome; appalling |
| 物凄い | ものすごい monosugoi | frightful; ghastly; horrific |
| 酸鼻 | さんび sanbi | appalling; awful; horrible |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸血鬼 | きゅうけつき kyuuketsuki | vampire; bloodsucker |
| 鬼才 | きさい kisai | wizard; genius; remarkable talent |
| 疑心暗鬼 | ぎしんあんき gishin'anki | suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows |
| 鬼門 | きもん kimon | the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate |
| 鬼ごっこ | おにごっこ onigokko | tag (children's game); tig |
| 鬼畜 | きちく kichiku | brute; savage; fiend |
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ghastly”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.