Chinese Character 怪 Meanings and components.

Form

怪

Meaning

怪 meaning[3] in English

Bewildering.

Odd.

Strange.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 怪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and holy (圣)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PEG

How to write 怪

To write怪guai4bewildering you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 圣sheng4holy arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 圣 = 怪

怪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 怪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 怪, looks as follow:

怪
Pinyin:guai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bewildering . Odd . Strange . Uncanny . Devil . Monster . To Wonder At . To Blame . Quite . Rather
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
圣
Pinyin:sheng4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Holy . Sacred . Saint . Sage
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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