Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鬼


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Meaning devil, ghost, sly, crafty

Pronunciation

guǐ

Explanation

From top: death mask (accent , field ), legs , nose

Mnemonic


 
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil.

Radicals

devil, demon, ghost
private, noseSide view of a nose that is facing to the left.
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 Vocabulary

 鬼子  guǐ zi  Japanese devils, wartime term insult for Japanese
 魔鬼  mó guǐ  devil
 鬼扯腿  guǐ chě tuǐ  lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it
 鬼迷心窍  guǐ mí xīn qiào  lit. devil charms heart tunnel (idiom); infatuated; possessed by a devil
 鬼佬  guǐ lǎo  foreigner (Cantonese); westerner
 鬼鬼祟祟  guǐ guǐ suì suì  sneaky; secretive; evil spirit
 鬼鬼祟祟  guǐ guǐ suì suì  sneaky; secretive; evil spirit
 吝啬鬼  lìn sè guǐ  a miser; a penny-pincher
 馋鬼  chán guǐ  glutton; greedy; piggish
 馋鬼  chán guǐ  

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