乖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 丿
Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: guāi
Cantonese: gwaai1
JapaneseKun: MODORU SOMUKU
JapaneseOn: KAI
Korean: KOY
Vietnamese: quai

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rebel; crafty, shrewd

CE-Dict: (of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever/shrewd/alert/perverse/contrary to reason/irregular/abnormal

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(of a child) well-behaved; docile
2.shrewd; clever
3.[Formal] perverse

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: alert; clever; good; perverse; shrewd

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: alert; clever; good; perverse; shrewd

康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【丿字部】乖
〔古文〕𦮃𠁰【唐韻】古懷切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】公懷切，𠀤怪平聲。【說文】背呂也。象脅肋形。【玉篇】戾也，異也。睽也，背也。【易·序卦傳】家道窮必乖，故受之以睽。睽者，乖也。【左傳·昭三十年】伍員曰：楚執政衆而乖。　又貴州夷寨有乖西。　又【韻補】叶公回切，音規。【前漢·敘傳】官失學微，六家分乖。壹彼壹此，庶硏其幾。

Buddhism words and phrases to be contrary to

CF-Dict: sage/éveillé

Han-De-Dict: brav (u.E.) (Adj)/fügsam, folgsam (u.E.) (Adj)/klug, geschickt (u.E.) (Adj)