Shuowen component 346: 鬼
About this component
Component: 鬼
Seal font (Chongxi): 鬼
Mandarin: guǐ
Sino-Vietnamese: quỷ
Japanese: キ (ki) ; おに (oni)
Korean: KWI / 귀
Unihan definition: ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
Variants: 𢇼 , 𢧩 , 𣆠 , 𩲚 , 𩲞 , 𩲡 , 𩳉 , 𩳹 , 𩴿
Shuowen entry
人所歸爲鬼。从人,象鬼頭。鬼陰气賊害,从厶。凡鬼之屬皆从鬼。