鬼 — kanji meaning “ghost”
鬼
ghost, devil
- Meanings
- ghost, devil
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- おに、おに-
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1557 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 194
- Chinese reading
- guǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 鬼
| 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 |
| 鬼神 | きしん kishin | fierce god |
| 鬼気 | きき kiki | ghastly; dreadful |
| 鬼子母神 | きしもじん kishimojin | Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children) |
| 餓鬼 | がき gaki | brat; kid; urchin |
| 鬼女 | きじょ kijo | demoness; witch; ogress |
| 百鬼夜行 | ひゃっきやぎょう hyakkiyagyou | nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc. |
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