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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1634 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: suspicious, mystery, apparition

Kunyomi: あや.しい, あや.しむ

Onyomi: カイ, ケ

Composition: 忄 圣

怪

Radical

Radical: 心

Reading: りっしんべん

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

怪獣(かいじゅう)   monster

怪物(かいぶつ)   monster

怪談(かいだん)   ghost story

妖怪(ようかい)   monstrous creature, hobgoblin

怪事件(かいじけん)   unsolved mystery

怪奇な(かいきな)   bizarre, strange

怪我(けが)   injury

怪しい(あやしい)   suspicious, dubious, doubtful

怪しむ(あやしむ)   suspect [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

怪 (カイ) mystery, wonder

怪獣 (カイジュウ) monster

奇々怪々 (キキカイカイ) very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious

夜道怪 (ヤドウカイ) folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people

怪我 (ケガ) injury, wound, mistake, accident, loss

けが人 (ケガニン) wounded person, injured person

物怪 (モッケ) unexpected

物の怪 (モノノケ) evil spirit, (vengeful) ghost, specter, spectre

Kunyomi Examples

怪しい (あやしい) suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible, untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor, strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny, ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain, suspicious (of a potential amorous relation), mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting

怪しい手つきで (あやしいてつきで) clumsily, with clumsy hands

怪しむ (あやしむ) to suspect

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