凶
凶 — hyung
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 흉할 흉
- Romanization
- hyung
- English
- culprit; murder; bad, sad
- Mandarin
- xiōng
- Japanese on'yomi
- キョウ, ク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- わるい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,673 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 凵 (17, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+51F6
Parts that make up 凶
Korean example words with 凶
- 맥흉麥凶 Korean gloss: 보리 흉년
- 흉기凶氣 Korean gloss: 흉한 기운
- 흉몽凶夢 Korean gloss: 불길한 꿈
- 흉일凶日 Korean gloss: 불길한 날
- 흉계凶計 Korean gloss: 흉악한 계략
- 흉보凶報 Korean gloss: 불길한 기별
- 흉적凶賊 Korean gloss: 흉악한 도적
- 흉조凶兆 Korean gloss: 불길한 징조
- 흉완凶頑 Korean gloss: 흉악하고 모짊
- 길흉吉凶 Korean gloss: 운이 좋고 나쁨
- 흉사凶事 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 일
- 흉상凶相 Korean gloss: 보기 흉한 몰골
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 凶
- 凶作きょうさく bad harvest; poor crop
- 凶悪きょうあく atrocious; heinous; fiendish
- 元凶げんきょう ringleader; main culprit; main cause
- 凶器きょうき dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon
- 凶暴きょうぼう ferocious; brutal; atrocious
- 大凶だいきょう terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck
- 凶弾きょうだん assassin's bullet
- 凶きょう bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
- 吉凶きっきょう good or bad luck; fortune
- 凶悍きょうかん heinousness; ferocity
- 凶音きょういん bad news (esp. of a death)
- 凶荒きょうこう poor crops; famine
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 凵
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