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凶

Traditional: 兇

xiōng

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xiōng · hung1 (Jyutping)

  1. terrible
  2. fearful
  3. vicious
  4. fierce
  5. ominous
  6. inauspicious
  7. famine
  8. variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

凶

Meaning
culprit; murder; bad, sad
Radical
凵
Strokes
4
Components
⿶凵乂
Cangjie
UK
Four-corner
2277.0

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