Read Edit View history 鬼 guǐ HSK5 ghost Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person (人) with the head of a ghost/demon (甶). 厶 was later added as a decorative mark. Pinyin Separate values with commas guǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict the head of a ghost/demon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鬼 Simp strokes 鬼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鬼 Simp strokes 鬼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鬼 Simp strokes 鬼 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鬼 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 434, 849 ], [ 447, 841 ], [ 467, 810 ], [ 373, 681 ], [ 350, 672 ] ], [ [ 242, 646 ], [ 271, 624 ], [ 286, 595 ], [ 343, 363 ] ], [ [ 296, 645 ], [ 329, 637 ], [ 617, 695 ], [ 680, 698 ], [ 702, 692 ], [ 735, 652 ], [ 699, 560 ], [ 658, 419 ] ], [ [ 387, 519 ], [ 534, 554 ], [ 578, 560 ], [ 600, 555 ] ], [ [ 364, 386 ], [ 380, 397 ], [ 613, 435 ], [ 635, 445 ] ], [ [ 456, 642 ], [ 494, 618 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675 448 647 Q 464 613 461 575 Q 460 563 459 550 L 455 516 Q 451 473 439 423 L 429 388 Z", "M 977 81 Q 955 129 937 213 Q 933 229 926 234 Q 916 238 914 217 Q 907 112 893 93 Q 856 54 714 49 Q 635 49 601 62 Q 571 77 564 96 Q 557 121 558 187 Q 564 257 578 291 Q 591 322 571 341 Q 519 381 502 376 Q 486 370 494 352 Q 515 313 510 255 Q 504 96 531 55 Q 558 13 653 2 Q 720 -7 827 1 Q 923 8 960 29 Q 991 48 977 81 Z", "M 801 226 Q 741 217 678 200 Q 672 199 670 200 Q 667 201 671 210 Q 740 327 756 346 Q 765 355 758 365 Q 752 375 711 390 Q 696 394 689 390 Q 679 384 686 368 Q 707 311 632 215 Q 617 200 597 182 Q 587 172 591 163 Q 597 150 619 134 Q 629 127 639 136 Q 660 160 803 205 Q 806 206 812 207 C 841 214 831 231 801 226 Z", "M 812 207 Q 825 174 842 167 Q 849 166 858 173 Q 865 183 866 207 Q 867 240 788 300 Q 778 307 772 306 Q 768 305 765 295 Q 765 294 801 226 L 812 207 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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