鬼

ogre; ghost; devil

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1557.

Readings

• おに (kun reading): 鬼 (おに) ogre; 鬼ごっこ (おにごっこ) tag (children's game)
• キ (on reading): 吸血鬼 (きゅうけつき) vampire; 鬼畜 (きちく) brute
• Read as a whole word: 鬼灯 (ほおずき) ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii)

Components

• 甶
• 儿
• 厶
• 儿 radical legs
• 匕 radical spoon
• 厶 radical private
• 田 radical rice field
• 鬼 radical ghost; demon

Kanji containing 鬼

• 魅 fascination
• 魔 witch
• 魂 soul
• 塊 clod
• 醜 ugly
• 魏 high
• 魁 charging ahead of others
• 傀 large
• 嵬 high and flat
• 愧 feel ashamed
• 蒐 gather
• 隗 high
• 槐 type of Japanese pagoda tree
• 瑰 strange
• 魃 (god of) drought
• 魄 soul
• 魍 spirits of mountains and streams
• 魎 spirits of trees and rocks
• 餽 give
• 魑 mountain spirits
• 魘 have a nightmare

Words using 鬼

• 鬼 (おに) ogre
• 鬼ごっこ (おにごっこ) tag (children's game)
• 青鬼 (あおおに) (horned) blue demon
• 鬼武者 (おにむしゃ) daredevil warrior
• 鬼火 (おにび) will-o'-the-wisp
• 吸血鬼 (きゅうけつき) vampire
• 鬼畜 (きちく) brute
• 鬼滅の刃 (きめつのやいば) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
• 百鬼夜行 (ひゃっきやぎょう) nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
• 殺人鬼 (さつじんき) bloodthirsty killer
• 鬼灯 (ほおずき) ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii)
• 天邪鬼 (あまのじゃく) perversity

144 words in all.

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