The Chinese Radical: 鬼


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Meaning
devil, demon, ghost    鬼

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
devil, ghost, sly, crafty
guǐ
From top: death mask (accent , field ), legs , nose
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil.
JLPT HSK 5
ugly, shameful, disgraceful, clown
chǒu
Traditionally 醜, which shows alcohol and the devil .
The devil was simplified to the ugly:
JLPT HSK 5
ashamed, remorse
kuì
Left: feeling , right: devil
The feeling in face of the devil is ashamed and remorseful.
JLPT HSK 5
demon, devil, magic, to charm
mèi
Left: demon (death mask [accent , field ], legs , nose ), right: not yet (The upper shorter branch of the tree is "not yet")
The devil has not yet 'deviled'.
JLPT HSK 6
devil

Outside and top: hemp (The building 广 in the forest is for the hemp), bottom: demon (death mask [accent , field ], legs , nose >)
Hemp is a demon like the devil.
JLPT HSK 6
soul, spirit
hún
Left: cloud (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds), right: devil (death mask [accent , Field ], legs , nose )
The cloud next to the devil is his soul.
JLPT HSK 6
soul, spirit, vigor

Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), right: demon/devil
The "white" devil determines your soul.
JLPT no HSK
'Wei' (one of the Warring States)
wèi
Left: entrust (Rice plants can women be entrusted.), right: devil
For the rice plants, the women quarreled like devils in the state: 'Wei' during the warring states.
JLPT no HSK
extraordinary, (semi-precious stone)
guī
Left: king, jade , right: devil
The jade of the devil is extraordinary.
JLPT no HSK
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica), Japanese pagoda tree
huái
Left: tree , right: demon, devil
The tree of the deval is the: Chinese scholar tree
JLPT no HSK
lofty, towering
wēi
Top: mountain , bottom: Wei-Dynasty 魏 (entrust [Rice plants can women be entrusted], devil )
The mountains in the Wei-dynasty were lofty.
JLPT no HSK
chief, head, outstanding, exceptional, stalwart
kuí
Left: devil, demon , right: measure of volume (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief.
JLPT no HSK
puppet, strange, exotic
kuǐ
Left: person , right: devil
(Often used in a puppet shows) The person of the devil is a puppet.

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