Keyword
ghost
- demon
- sly
- mischievous
- Frequency
- #1209
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
A ghost with a scary face
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
魔evil spirit魂soul魏the kingdom of Wei魅magic瑰extraordinary愧ashamed魁chief魄vigor傀grand魇nightmare槐Chinese scholar tree嵬rocky魃drought demon隗lofty魈mischievious mountain spirit魉a kind of monster魍demon魑a mountain demon resembling a tiger魆sudden蒐collect魖black
Used in vocabulary
鬼
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡 (guǐ)); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
魔鬼
devil
吸血鬼
leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
小鬼
little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp
鬼子
devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
有鬼
(fig.) to smell fishy
鬼话
lie; false words; nonsense
鬼魂
ghost
黑鬼
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
鬼神
supernatural beings
酒鬼
drunkard
鬼怪
hobgoblin; bogey; phantom
见鬼
absurd; strange; (interj.) curse it!; to hell with it!
鬼城
ghost town
日本鬼子
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
雷鬼
(loanword) reggae
鬼故事
ghost story
鬼魅
demon; evil spirit
恶鬼
evil spirit; devil
鬼屋
haunted house
胆小鬼
coward
捣鬼
to play tricks; to cause mischief
鬼才
creative genius
色鬼
lecher; pervert