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鬼 : Ghost

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Components:
丿田儿厶

ghost, devil (radical 194)

On 'yomi:
キ(ki)
Kun 'yomi:
おに(oni) おに-(onī)
Strokes:10
Radical:鬼 (194)
Usage Rating:1557
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:8
Unicode:09b3c
jis208:21-20
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鬼 Usage examples

鬼蓮(おにばす)prickly water lily
鬼刑事(おにけいじ)crack detective
鬼武者(おにむしゃ)daredevil warrior
餓鬼共(ガキども)those damn kids
鬼気迫る(ききせまる)to be bloodcurdling, to be ghastly
鬼籍に入る(きせきにいる)to pass away, to join the majority
剣鬼(けんき)devilish swordsman
仕事の鬼(しごとのおに)work fiend, devil for work
鬼子母神(きしぼじん)Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
大鬼蓮(おおおにばす)royal water lily, water platter
鬼哭啾々(きこくしゅうしゅう)
鬼哭啾啾(きこくしゅうしゅう)
spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost)
悪鬼羅刹(あっきらせつ)man-eating fiend
川施餓鬼(かわせがき)Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river, offering to suffering spirits at the river
鬼面仏心(きめんぶっしん)having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha, having a stern face but a tender heart
牛鬼蛇神(ぎゅうきだしん)wicked and perverse, weird and incoherent
神算鬼謀(しんさんきぼう)inscrutable stratagem, ingenious scheme
鬼胡桃(オニグルミ)Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)
鬼課長(おにかちょう)unsympathetic manager, section chief with a heart of stone
鬼将軍(おにしょうぐん)lion-hearted general
鬼海星(オニヒトデ)crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)
鬼の首を取ったよう(おにのくびをとったよう)triumphant (over a mediocre achievement), boastful, as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
鬼の目にも涙(おにのめにもなみだ)even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears
鬼に金棒(おににかなぼう)making a strong person even stronger (like giving a metal rod to an ogre), as strong as can be
渡る世間に鬼はない(わたるせけんにおにはない)
渡る世間に鬼は無い(わたるせけんにおにはない)
there is kindness to be found everywhere