怪
HSK 4freq #1329
Meanings
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- 1.odd; strange; uncanny
- 2.(bound form) monster; supernatural being
- 3.to find strange; to regard as odd
- 4.to blame
- 5.(coll.) somewhat; rather
- 1.variant of 怪[guài]
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Wiktionary
- 1.strange; odd; unusual; peculiar; out of the ordinary; weird; queer
- 2.amazed; astonished
- 3.to blame someone; to put the blame on
- 4.quite; rather
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kruːds): semantic 忄 + phonetic 圣 (OC *kʰuːd). 怪 (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as 傀 (OC *kûi); They may be variants (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
多怪啊！
How weird!
多怪啊！
How curious!
我不怪你。
I don't blame you.
不要怪導遊。
Don't blame the tour guide.
別大驚小怪的。
Don't make a big deal out of it.
我不怪你那樣做。
I don't blame you for doing that.
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