guài
strange
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 圣 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 怪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
odd | ||
strange | ||
monster | ||
(it's) no wonder (that...) | ||
eccentric |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ʷˤrə-s | kweajH | guài | extraordinary |
*kruːds | kˠuɛiH | guài | [Zhengzhang] extraordinary |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 80.7144% of movies
404th most common character in movies
775th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+602A |
Shuowen | “怪,異也。从心,圣聲。” |
Sources
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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