eccentric person; oddball; crank
Refers to a person with unusual or eccentric behavior, often in a mildly negative or humorous way. Not typically used for serious mental conditions.
彼は奇人として知られている。
He is known as an eccentric person.
あの奇人は毎日同じ服を着ている。
That oddball wears the same clothes every day.
奇人 describes an eccentric or odd person without the sinister or supernatural overtone that 怪人 carries.
Standard kanji form; commonly used in news and general writing.
Rarely used kanji form.
From 奇 (ki, 'strange, unusual') + 人 (jin, 'person'). The kanji 畸 is a rare variant of 奇 with the same meaning.