怪

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odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather

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Formation & memory

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Components 忄圣

peculiar · Heisig RSH #641

state of mind + 圣 holy

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
科学怪人	Kē xué Guài rén	Frankenstein (novel)
礼多人不怪	lǐ duō rén bù guài	nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom); courtesy costs nothing
尼斯湖水怪	Ní sī hú shuǐ guài	Loch Ness Monster
怪不得	guài bu de	no wonder!; so that's why!
古里古怪	gǔ lǐ gǔ guài	quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
不足为怪	bù zú wéi guài	not at all surprising (idiom)
大脚怪	dà jiǎo guài	bigfoot
阴阳怪气	yīn yáng guài qì	eccentric; peculiar; mystifying
大惊小怪	dà jīng xiǎo guài	to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
志怪小说	zhì guài xiǎo shuō	tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)
怪人	guài rén	strange person; eccentric
水怪	shuǐ guài	sea monster; aquatic monster
无怪	wú guài	No wonder!; not surprising
海怪	hǎi guài	sea monster
古灵精怪	gǔ líng jīng guài	(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
怪手	guài shǒu	(Tw) excavator; backhoe
怪气	guài qì	weird (temperament)
少见多怪	shǎo jiàn duō guài	(lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idi…
怪里怪气	guài lǐ guài qì	eccentric; odd-looking; peculiar
怪物	guài wu	monster; freak; eccentric person