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怪 — odd; strange; uncanny

odd; strange; uncanny; monster; supernatural being

Pinyin
guài
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 怪: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

怪 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 怪 in the HSK syllabus: 10

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 奇怪qíguàistrange; odd; to marvel; to be baffledHSK 3
  2. 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; monster; supernatural beingHSK 5
  3. 大惊小怪dàjīng-xiǎoguàito make a fuss about nothingHSK 7–9
  4. 古怪gǔguàistrange; weird; eccentric; bizarreHSK 7–9
  5. 怪不得guàibudeno wonder!; so that's why!HSK 7–9
  6. 怪物guàiwumonster; freak; eccentric personHSK 7–9
  7. 怪异guàiyìmonstrous; strange; strange phenomenonHSK 7–9
  8. 难怪nánguàino wonder; not surprisingHSK 7–9
  9. 妖怪yāoguàimonster; devilHSK 7–9
  10. 责怪zéguàito blame; to rebukeHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.