What is the Kanji for "Weird" and "Suspicious"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Weird" and "Suspicious", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Weird" and "Suspicious" is "怪".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Aya".

Its onyomi readings are "Ke" and "Kai".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "忄" . And The component "圣" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "怪" mean in japanese?

"怪" means "Weird" and "Suspicious".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

怪我: "Injury". The verbal noun '怪我 (けが)' means 'injury'. It refers to physical harm or damage done to the body, such as a cut, bruise, fracture, or other type of trauma. This word is commonly used to describe various types of accidents or incidents that result in bodily harm. For example: I suffered an injury when I fell - (私は転んで怪我をした). Please be careful, you might get injured - (怪我をしないよう気をつけてください).

怪しい: "Suspicious". The Japanese adjective '怪しい (あやしい)' means 'suspicious'. It is used to describe something or someone that seems doubtful, questionable, or not trustworthy. This word often implies a sense of unease or mistrust. For example: His behavior is suspicious - (彼の行動は怪しい). That person looks suspicious - (あの人は怪しく見える).

怪しむ: "Suspect". The Japanese verb '怪しむ (あやしむ)' means 'to suspect'. This verb is used to express a sense of doubt or mistrust towards someone or something. It implies a feeling that there may be something suspicious or questionable about the person or situation. For example: I suspect he is lying - (彼が嘘をついているのではないかと怪しむ). She suspects his motives - (彼女は彼の動機を怪しんでいる).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "け" is read as "ke". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". And The hiragana "や" is read as "ya".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.