鬼

ghost, devil

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おにおに-

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1557

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
鬼神	キシン	fierce god
鬼神	キジン	fierce god
鬼才	キサイ	wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability
疑心暗鬼	ギシンアンキ	suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
吸血鬼	キュウケツキ	vampire; bloodsucker

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tigger; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very; extremely; super-
鬼	き	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.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tigger; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very; extremely; super-
鬼神	おにがみ	fierce god
鬼ごっこ	おにごっこ	tag (children's game); tig
鬼子母神	きしもじん	Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass

bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Grade 4JLPT N/A

base, lowly, vile, vulgar

fascination, charm, bewitch

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

excuse, dismissal

world, boundary