Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
ghost, demon
Parts:
ghost, devil
Kun:
おにおに-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1557 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鬼 【オニ】 ogre, demon, oni, spirit of a deceased person, ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.), it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.), Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), very, extremely, super-
  • 鬼神 【キシン】 fierce god
  • 債鬼 【サイキ】 cruel creditor, bill collector
  • 豪鬼 【ゴウキ】 Akuma (Street Fighter)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鬼 【おに】 ogre, demon, oni, spirit of a deceased person, ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.), it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.), Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), very, extremely, super-
  • 鬼神 【きしん】 fierce god
  • 青鬼 【あおおに】 (horned) blue demon, blue ogre
  • 赤鬼 【あかおに】 red-horned demon, red ogre

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui3
Korean:
gwi

Spanish

  • fantasma
  • demonio
  • ogro

Portuguese

  • fantasma
  • diabo
  • demônio

French

  • démon
  • monstre
1128 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1207 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5276 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1226 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1916 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1527 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1523 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1752 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1926 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3291 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2038 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45758 Morohashi
2657 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6833 New Nelson (John Haig)
2019 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2175 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1405 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
857 2001 Kanji
5f5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
2621.3 Four corner code
1-21-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b3c Unicode hex code

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  • 哭声 【コクセイ】 wailing voice, (loud) crying voice
  • 哭声 【コクソン】 The Wailing (2016 South Korean horror film)
  • 哀哭 【アイコク】 grief, mourning, lamentation
  • 号哭 【ゴウコク】 wailing, crying loudly

Kun reading compounds

  • 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1
Korean:
gog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2880 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3658 Morohashi
796 New Nelson (John Haig)
3g6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
6643.0 Four corner code
1-51-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54ed Unicode hex code

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  • 鬼哭啾々 【キコクシュウシュウ】 spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu1
Korean:
chu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3892 Morohashi
840 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
6908.0 Four corner code
1-51-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
557e Unicode hex code