Mandarin Banana

怪

bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 怪

Gitta Giraffe meets Father Christmas in the palace's bathroom. She finds it rather bewildering that instead of a sack full of presents he holds a big flail. He also looks kind of grumpy, almost like a big monster. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

怪
=
圣
+
忄

圣

sheng4 =
sh + (e)ng4

holy / sacred / saint / sage | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 圣

Mnemonic symbol: Father Christmas, 圣诞老人.

Sherlock Holmes is about to lose against Santa Claus in a boxing match in Stonehenge's bathroom when he uses a dirty trick: lying on the floor he grabs some dirt and throws it into Santa Claus's face, thereby blinding him. Sherlock uses the opportunity to land a critical blow onto Santa Claus's big belly, but Santa doesn't even notice. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

圣
=
又
+
土

又

you4 =
y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 又

And once again (又), Maud Younger (y-) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the Louvre's bathroom (-ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 4 years ago

又
=
㇇
+
㇏

㇇

xx5	character component without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇇ This one looks like a beak. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

又
=
㇇
+
㇏

㇏

xx5	character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏ It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

圣
=
又
+
土

土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

tu3 =
tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 土

Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station (Ø3). It's hard to do it in outer space, so he uses some dust and clay (土) to fix the two things together. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

土
=
十
+
一

十

shi2 =
sh + Ø2

ten / 10 | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 十

Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing, which just arrived at the entrance of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

十
=
一
+
丨

丨

gun3 =
gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

This character shall be represented by a dinosaur bone when it appears in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

Mnemonic symbol: dinosaur bone.

Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the Forbidden City (-(e)n3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

shu4 =
shu + Ø4

see 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丨

土
=
十
+
一

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

怪
=
圣
+
忄

忄

xx5	"Heart" side-radical. \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 忄 Looks a bit like a flail. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting

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怪 is not a component of another character.

怪 is the simplified version of 恠 .

HSK level: 3

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

gu	Gitta Giraffe - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago
ai4	"ai4" is in the palace's bathroom. Remember it by recalling that "Palais of Versailles" contains two times "ai". - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago

Words with 怪

奇 qi2 怪 guai4		strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled (HSK level 3)
难 nan2 怪 guai4		(it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that) (HSK level 5)
怪 guai4 不 bu5 得 de5		no wonder! / so that's why! (HSK level 5)
古 gu3 怪 guai4		eccentric / grotesque / oddly / queer (HSK level 6)
责 ze2 怪 guai4		to blame / to rebuke (HSK level 6)
千 qian1 奇 qi2 百 bai3 怪 guai4		fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
怪 guai4 杰 jie2		monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)
光 guang1 怪 guai4 陆 lu4 离 li2		monstrous and multicolored / grotesque and variegated
阴 yin1 阳 yang2 怪 guai4 气 qi4		eccentric / peculiar / mystifying
丑 chou3 八 ba1 怪 guai4		ugly person / wretch
怪 guai4 异 yi4		monstrous / strange / strange phenomenon
怪 guai4 僻 pi4		eccentric / peculiar
错 cuo4 怪 guai4		to blame sb wrongly
怪 guai4 兽 shou4		rare animal / mythical animal / monster
怪 guai4 癖 pi3		eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby
怪 guai4 人 ren2		strange person / eccentric
鬼 gui3 怪 guai4		hobgoblin / bogey / monstrosity / phantom (aircraft type)
怪 guai4 相 xiang4		grotesque visage / grimace
作 zuo4 怪 guai4		(of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
怪 guai4 诞 dan4		freak / weird
古 gu3 里 li3 古 gu3 怪 guai4		quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
怪 guai4 话 hua4		ridiculous talk / preposterous remark
怪 guai4 味 wei4		strange odor
怪 guai4 胎 tai1		freak / abnormal embryo / fetus with deformity
神 shen2 怪 guai4		spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon
稀 xi1 奇 qi2 古 gu3 怪 guai4		crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange
见 jian4 怪 guai4		to mind / to take offense
大 da4 惊 jing1 小 xiao3 怪 guai4		much fuss about nothing
怪 guai4 圈 quan1		vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon
见 jian4 怪 guai4 不 bu4 怪 guai4		to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected / not to wonder at strange sights
怪 guai4 事 shi4		strange occurrences
妖 yao1 怪 guai4		monster / devil
怪 guai4 物 wu5		monster / freak / eccentric person
怪 guai4 罪 zui4		to blame
魔 mo2 怪 guai4		demons and ghosts / ghouls and bogies
妖 yao1 魔 mo2 鬼 gui3 怪 guai4		demons and ghosts / ghouls and bogies
奇 qi2 形 xing2 怪 guai4 状 zhuang4		fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
怪 guai4 里 li3 怪 guai4 气 qi4		eccentric / odd-looking / peculiar
奇 qi2 谈 tan2 怪 guai4 论 lun4		strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks
怪 guai4 气 qi4		weird (temperament)