Read Edit View history Discussion 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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] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.