Moto 怪: Suspicious; Mystery; ApparitionKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ、ケ
- Kun'yomi
- あや(しい)、あや(しむ)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 90 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ・ケ)
- 妖怪ようかいghost; apparition
- 怪獣かいじゅうmonster
- 怪物かいぶつmonster
- 怪談かいだんghost story
- 奇怪きかいstrange; wonderful
- 怪かいmystery; wonder
- 怪人かいじんmysterious person
- 怪奇かいきbizarre; strange
- 怪我けがinjury (to animate object); hurt
- 怪我人けがにんwounded person; injured person
- 怪文書かいぶんしょdubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements
- 怪盗かいとうmysterious thief; phantom thief
- 勿怪もっけunexpected
- 勿怪の幸いもっけのさいわいwindfall; piece of good luck
- 夜道怪やどうかいfolk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
- 大怪我おおけがserious injury
- 大怪獣だいかいじゅうlarge monster (Japanese film genre)
- 奇奇怪怪ききかいかいvery strange; bizarre
- 奇岩怪石きがんかいせきstrangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones
- 奇怪千万きかいせんばんvery strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre
- 女怪じょかいfemale ghost; female apparition
- 妖怪変化ようかいへんげ(animal making a) monstrous apparition
- 幻怪げんかいstrange or mysterious and troubling
- 幽怪ゆうかいghost; apparition
- 怪しからぬけしからぬoutrageous; scandalous
- 怪しからんけしからんoutrageous; scandalous
- 怪中の怪かいちゅうのかいmystery of mysteries
- 怪事かいじmystery; strange event
- 怪事件かいじけんmystery case
- 怪人物かいじんぶつmysterious person
- 怪傑かいけつperson of extraordinary talent; wonder
- 怪優かいゆうactor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance
- 怪光かいこうmysterious light
- 怪力かいりきsuperhuman strength
- 怪力乱神かいりょくらんしんsupernatural things; unnatural phenomena
- 怪力無双かいりきむそう(a person of) unrivaled physical strength
- 怪夢かいむstrange dream
- 怪奇小説かいきしょうせつmystery novel
- 怪奇映画かいきえいがhorror film
- 怪奇物語りかいきものがたりmystery story
- 怪奇現象かいきげんしょうunnatural phenomenon; strange happenings
- 怪情報かいじょうほうgossip; rumor
- 怪我の功名けがのこうみょうfortunate error; lucky break
- 怪我をしたけがをしたhurt; injured
- 怪我勝ちけががちwinning accidentally
- 怪我負けけがまけlosing accidentally
- 怪木かいぼくstrange tree; mysterious tree
- 怪死かいしmysterious death
- 怪気炎をあげるかいきえんをあげるto speak flamboyantly
- 怪気炎を上げるかいきえんをあげるto speak flamboyantly
- 怪演かいえんeerie yet strangely fascinating performance; peculiar but impressive performance
- 怪漢かいかんsuspicious man
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 怪しいあやしいsuspicious; dubious
- 怪しげあやしげquestionable; doubtful
- 怪しむあやしむto suspect
- 怪しい手つきであやしいてつきでclumsily; with clumsy hands
- 怪しい手付きであやしいてつきでclumsily; with clumsy hands
Other readings
- 奇々怪々ききかいかいvery strange; bizarre
- 奇っ怪きかいstrange; wonderful
- 奇怪しいおかしいfunny; amusing
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Kanji that often appear with 怪
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