鬼

鬼 in English

guǐ noun, adjective: disembodied spirit / ghost / devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly / crafty / resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Stroke order

Le caractère 鬼 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 鬼

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

“坦白说，我有恐高症。”“你是个胆小鬼！”

"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"
他是个酒鬼。

He's a lush.
你是一个大懒鬼。

You are a big slacker.
你真的相信鬼嗎？

Do you really believe in ghosts?
喂，小鬼！这里是我们的地盘！

Hey, twirp! This here is our territory!
喜欢的人什么都不怀疑，或什么都疑神疑鬼。

People who love doubt nothing, or doubt everything.
小丑做了个鬼脸。

The clown made a funny face.

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