Hanja Analyzer
兇

兇 — hyung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
흉악할 흉
Romanization
hyung
English
atrocious, ferocious, brutal
Mandarin
xiōng
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
おそ.れる わる.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
6
Radical
儿 (10, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
凶(흉)
Unicode
U+5147

Parts that make up 兇

  • 凶 흉할 흉sound 구덩이에 엇갈린 표흉하다. ‘흉’ 계열의 소리
  • 儿 어진 사람 궤, 어진사람 인 사람의 두 다리글자 아래에서 사람을 받친다

Korean example words with 兇

  • 흉계兇計 Korean gloss: 흉악한 계략
  • 흉적兇賊 Korean gloss: 흉악한 도적
  • 흉완兇頑 Korean gloss: 흉악하고 모짊
  • 흉사兇事 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 일
  • 흉상兇相 Korean gloss: 보기 흉한 몰골
  • 흉설兇說 Korean gloss: 음흉하고 험한 말
  • 흉도兇徒 Korean gloss: 사납고 흉악한 무리
  • 흉모兇謀 Korean gloss: 음흉한 모략이나 꾀
  • 흉물兇物 Korean gloss: 성질이 음흉한 사람
  • 흉악兇惡 Korean gloss: 성질이 악하고 모짊
  • 흉화兇禍 Korean gloss: 흉악한 재화(災禍)
  • 흉포兇暴 Korean gloss: 질이 흉악하고 포악함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 凶

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “흉” in Korean.

Other hanja read “흉”

Other hanja with radical 儿

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