The murderer is still at large.
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凶手
Traditional: 兇手
xiōng shǒu
HSK 3.0 · 6HSK 2.0 · 6
xiōng shǒu · hung1 sau2 (Jyutping)
- murderer
- assassin
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Character breakdown
凶
- Meaning
- culprit; murder; bad, sad
- Radical
- 凵
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿶凵乂
- Cangjie
- UK
- Four-corner
- 2277.0
手
- Meaning
- hand
- Radical
- 手
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ？
- Cangjie
- Q
- Four-corner
- 2050.0
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Example sentences
She identified him as the murderer.
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