怪
guài
variant of 怪[guai4]
heart (忄) + uncanny sage (圣) = strange, weird
圣 (an old form relating to extraordinary perception or sage-like ability) lends its sound guài here; the heart radical carries the emotional weight of feeling unsettled or disturbed by something uncanny.
圣Originally related to extraordinary perceptionPhonetic
忄HeartSemantic
Words with 怪
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
丑八怪
chǒu bā guài
ugly person
丑怪
chǒu guài
grotesque
错怪
cuò guài
to blame sb wrongly
钟楼怪人
zhōng lóu guài rén
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
阴阳怪气
yīn yáng guài qì
eccentric
难怪
nán guài
(it's) no wonder (that...)
灵怪
líng guài
a goblin
惊怪
jīng guài
to marvel
魍魉鬼怪
wǎng liǎng guǐ guài
malevolent spirits
魔怪
mó guài
demons and ghosts
麦田怪圈
mài tián guài quān
crop circle