鬼 – Kanji details

Keyword

oni

Info

Frequency	Top 600-700
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 4
Heisig	2175
Readings	き (61%) おに (38%)
	く

Composed of

slash left

rice field

arm of a bodybuilder

legs

Mnemonic

The oni are demonic, fearsome creatures of legend. Even though this one's face was badly slashed on its left side it is powerul enough to plow through a whole rice field and eat all of the farmers working on it, running on its strong legs, and having a whole arm of a bodybuilder inside of its belly that it consumed a while ago.

Used in kanji (20 in total)

demon

soul

charm

lump

Used in vocabulary (169 in total)

鬼おに

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

吸きゅう血けつ鬼き

vampire; bloodsucker

殺さつ人じん鬼き

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

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Examples (12 in total)

この世よに鬼おにはいない。

There are no demons in this world.

吸きゅう血けつ鬼きって信しんじてる？

Do you believe in vampires?

吸きゅう血けつ鬼きは本ほん当とうにいるの？

Are vampires real?

吸きゅう血けつ鬼きは暗くら闇やみが好すきなんだよ。

Vampires like darkness.

ゾンビものと吸きゅう血けつ鬼きもの、どっちを観みるかなあ。

I wonder which one I'll watch, the zombie one or the vampire one.

トムって吸きゅう血けつ鬼きを信しんじてるのよ。

Tom believes in vampires.

俺おれたちはただ鬼おにごっこをしてただけだよ。

We were just playing tag.

鬼おにたちが総そう出でで獲え物ものを捕つかまえに出でた。

The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.

トムとメアリーとジョンは、運うん動どう場じょうで鬼おにごっこをして遊あそんでいた。

Tom, Mary and John were playing tag on the playground.

吸きゅう血けつ鬼き伝でん説せつはバルカン地ち方ほうに流る布ふしている。

Legends of vampires flourish in the Balkans.

君きみは仕し事ごとの鬼おにだ。

You're a workaholic.

日に本ほん人じんは仕し事ごとの鬼おにだ。

The Japanese are a workaholic people.