| Uni: | 9B3C |
| Meaning: | ghost, demon |
| Pny: | guǐ |
| Bopo: | ㄍㄨㄟˇ |
| Wade: | kuei3 |
| Jyutping: | gwai2 |
| Yale: | gwai2 |
| Onyomi: | キ ki |
| Kunyomi: | おに oni |
| Jp: | 鬼/おに oni 鬼繞/きにょう kinyō |
| Hang: | 귀신 gwisin |
| Hanja: | 귀 gwi |
| Hanviet: | quỷ, khuỷu, quẽ, quỉ |
Radical 194 or radical ghost meaning "ghost" or "demon" is one of the 8 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 10 strokes.
(9 strokes in Simplified Chinese) is also the 184th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
The character is historically composed of "legs", representing a large demon's head and a curl looking similar to taken to represent a swirl of vapour, or a demon's tail.
The character can be traced to the oracle bone script, where it depicts a man kneeling on a monster head.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +3 | (=魅) | |
| +4 | ||
| +5 | ||
| +6 | SC (=魘) | |
| +7 | SC (=魎) | |
| +8 | ||
| +10 | ||
| +11 | ||
| +12 | ||
| +14 |
Most of the characters derived from the radical have meanings related to ghosts or souls, including "devil, demon", "black magic", "nightmare", "soul". In some signs, however, the radical is present purely as a phonetic marker, for example in, the State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn period.