乖 = 千 + 北

乖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “rebel”. It is built from 千 (thousand) and 北 (north).

Keyword: rebel
Pinyin (Mandarin): guāi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: мятежник
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 乖 disobey

Decomposition

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千 thousand
北 north

How to find 乖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “thousand” + “north”. 乖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 乖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.