KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse

怪 = 圣 + 忄

怪 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “suspicious”. It is built from 圣 (spool) and 忄 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 773.

Keyword
suspicious
RTK frame
773
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ, ケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あや.しい, あや.しむ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
подозрительный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
怪 strange

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 圣 spool
  2. 忄 heart

How to find 怪 without knowing its reading

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

Open 怪 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.