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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
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.