凶
HSK 6freq #4364
Meanings
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- 1.vicious
- 2.fierce
- 3.ominous
- 4.inauspicious
- 5.famine
- 6.variant of 凶[xiōng]
- 1.terrible
- 2.fearful
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Wiktionary
- 1.inauspicious; bad luck; bad omen
- 2.to have a famine due to crop failure
- 3.fierce; ferocious
- 4.terrible; fearful
- 5.act of violence; murder; evil
- 6.ruffian; evildoer; criminal
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) and/or Ideogram (指事)- with the '凵' component representing a hole in the ground and with the '㐅' component (if an ideogram) indicating the existence of a hole and/or (if a pictogram) representing rock, mud, stone or bamboo in the hole. Alternately, could be derived from the upper component of '㚇'.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他很凶。
He is mean.
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Derived terms
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