傀

guī
#3,937 most
frequent character
grand, strange, exotic

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

傀 has 亻 person and 鬼 guǐ, which supplies the sound. Read guī, it first meant 'big and imposing', then grew to 'strange, exotic'. Read kuǐ, it was borrowed for its sound to mean 'puppet'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

傀kuǐ
used in 傀儡[kui3lei3]

Homophones

归guī
return, go back
龟guī
turtle
规guī
compass, a rule, regulation

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