怪 — kanji meaning “suspicious”
怪
suspicious, mystery, apparition
- Meanings
- suspicious, mystery, apparition
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、ケ (ke)
- Kun'yomi
- あや.しい、あや.しむ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1634 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- guài — Chinese character page
Words with 怪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怪しい | あやしい ayashii | suspicious; dubious; questionable |
| 妖怪 | ようかい youkai | ghost; apparition; phantom |
| 怪獣 | かいじゅう kaijuu | monster |
| 怪物 | かいぶつ kaibutsu | monster |
| 怪奇 | かいき kaiki | bizarre; strange; weird |
| 怪談 | かいだん kaidan | ghost story; tale of the supernatural |
| 怪我 | けが kega | injury; wound |
| 奇怪 | きかい kikai | strange; wonderful; weird |
| 怪人 | かいじん kaijin | mysterious person |
| 怪しげ | あやしげ ayashige | questionable; doubtful; suspicious |
| 怪盗 | かいとう kaitou | mysterious thief; phantom thief |
| 怪文書 | かいぶんしょ kaibunsho | dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements |
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