傀

gui̅ = gu + ei1

grand / strange / exotic

傀

kuǐ = ku + ei3

puppet

傀

gui̅ = gu + ei1

grand / strange; exotic

傀 character breakdown

傀
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 鬼
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
  - 厶
  - 白
    - 丶
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

鬼

guǐ = gu + ei3

ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations

鬼 = 白 + 儿 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol: a demon.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is being haunted by a demon (鬼) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). She has to hide in the nostril of a fake nose (厶) and wave a white flag (白), but one day Sun Wukong (儿) arrives and drives the demon away.