鬼画桃符 guǐhuàtáofú scrawl Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 鬼 guǐ noun ghost ghost; disembodied spirit; devil画 畫 huà verb to draw to draw; to paint; to depict; to decorate with paintings or pictures桃符 táofú peachwood charms Charms made of two peachwood boards used in ancient times to ward off evil; they were hung by the door and either painted with the images of the gate gods 神荼 shénshū and 郁垒 yùlǜ or inscribed with their names.