鬼

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Stroke order (cursive)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a man or figure with an ugly face and tail.

Compare 異 (“different, strange”), where the 田 also derives from a face.

It may not be clear from the character, but the lower right “dot” is a small 厶; it is a residual tail – compare 离.

Graphically, modern form is 田 + 儿 + 厶, plus a dot on top.

Han character

鬼 (radical 194 鬼+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山戈 (HUI), 竹戈 (HI), four-corner 2621₃)

1. ghost
2. spirit of the dead
3. devil

Derived characters

• 魂

Compounds

• 鬼仔 (gwai2 zai2)
• 鬼佬 (jyutping gwai2lou2, Yale gwáilóu)
• 鬼妹 (gwai2 mui1)
• 鬼婆 (gweipo)
• 白鬼 (baak6 gwai2)

References

• KangXi: page 1460, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45758
• Dae Jaweon: page 1993, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4427, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B3C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鬼 (Yale gwai2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

鬼 (POJ kwúi, Guangdong kui³; kwi³ [Meixian], kwui³ [Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim gui3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

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Kanji

鬼 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: おに (oni)

Compounds

Compounds

鬼哭 (きこく, kikoku) 鬼神 (きじん, kijin) 鬼神 (おにがみ, onigami) 鬼女 (きじょ, kijo) 鬼籍 (きせき, kiseki) 鬼畜 (きちく, kichiku)

鬼面 (きめん, kimen) 鬼門 (きもん, kimon) 吸血鬼 (きゅうけつき, kyūketsuki) 鬼火 (おにび, onibi) 牛鬼 (うしおに, ushioni)

鬼

Etymology

Thought to be derived from 隠 (on, “to hide, hidden from sight”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [o̞ni]

Noun

鬼 (hiragana おに, romaji oni)

1. a ghost
2. an evil spirit, a demon
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 32)

     人神 周易云、人神曰鬼、居偉反、和名於邇、或説云、於邇者、隠音之訛也、鬼物隠而不欲顯形、故以稱也。

3. someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability; demon

   彼女は仕事の鬼だ。

   かのじょはしごとのおにだ。
   Kanojo wa shigoto no oni da.

   She is a demon for work.

4. "it" in a game of tag, hide and seek, kick the can, etc.

Synonyms

• 魔
• 妖
• 幽霊
• 怨霊
• 妖魔

Derived terms

• 吸血鬼 (きゅうけつき, kyūketsuki): a blood-sucking fiend, a vampire

References

• 1968 May 18 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

鬼 (hangeul 귀, revised gwi, McCune-Reischauer kwi, Yale kwi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鬼 (pinyin guǐ (gui3), kuài (kuai4), kuǐ (kui3), Wade-Giles kuei³, k'uai⁴, k'uei³)

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Noun

1. a ghost
2. a Caucasian or Western person, usually used in a compound

Compounds

• 鬼把戏
• 鬼笔
• 鬼道
• 鬼魂
• 鬼脸, 鬼脸儿
• 鬼录
• 鬼子 (guǐzi)
• 懶鬼 (trad.), 懒鬼 (simp.)
• 醉鬼 (zuìguǐ)
• 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
• 煙鬼 (trad.), 烟鬼 (simp.)
• 色鬼 (sèguǐ)
• 調皮鬼 (trad.), 调皮鬼 (simp.)
• 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ)
• 搗蛋鬼 (trad.), 捣蛋鬼 (simp.)
• 鬼神 (guǐshén)
• 鬼也不上門, 鬼也不上门 (guǐ yě bù shàng mén)
• 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)
• 鬼混
• 洋鬼子

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Vietnamese

Han character

鬼 (quỷ, khuỷu, quẽ, quỉ, sưu)

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