Dong Chinese dictionary

guī, kuǐ

great

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

鬼 Sound component

guǐ

ghost

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

guī

great, gigantic; puppet; grand; strange; exotic

Most common words with 傀

Sources