丑八怪

• 丑(hand clenched; second digit)ASSOCIATIVE

A hand clenched into a fist represents the Earthly Branch Chou—the ox.

• 八(eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))ASSOCIATIVE

Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.

• 忄(heart; mind)RADICAL
• 圣(sacred; holy)PHONETIC

A mind that feels something so strange and unusual that even spirits find it hard to understand.