怪
guài
variant of 怪[guai4]
heart (忄) + uncanny sage (圣) = strange, weird
圣 (an old form relating to extraordinary perception or sage-like ability) lends its sound guài here; the heart radical carries the emotional weight of feeling unsettled or disturbed by something uncanny.
这件事真的很奇怪，我完全不明白。
zhè jiàn shì zhēn de hěn qí guài, wǒ wán quán bù míng bai.
This matter is really very strange; I don't understand it at all.
他的行为太怪了，大家都觉得不对劲。
tā de xíng wéi tài guài le, dà jiā dōu jué de bù duì jìn.
His behavior is too strange; everyone feels something is off.
Words with 怪
怪诞
guài dàn
freak
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom)
作怪
zuò guài
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen
神怪
shén guài
spirits and devils (usually harmful)
光怪陆离
guāng guài lù lí
monstrous and multicolored
难怪
nán guài
(it's) no wonder (that...)
精怪
jīng guài
supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
丑怪
chǒu guài
grotesque
丑八怪
chǒu bā guài
ugly person
错怪
cuò guài
to blame sb wrongly
钟楼怪人
zhōng lóu guài rén
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]