凶 (xiōng)
fierce/vicious/ominous
How 凶 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Traditional
- 凶
- Simplified
- 凶 (unchanged)
Components
- 凵 container
- 乂 N/A
Common words using 凶
- 兇手 xiōngshǒu
- murderer; assassin
- 兇殘 xiōngcán
- savage; cruel; fierce
- 兇狠 xiōnghěn
- variant of 凶狠[xiong1 hen3]
- 兇器 xiōngqì
- lethal weapon; murder weapon
- 兇悍 xiōnghàn
- violent; fierce and tough; shrewish (woman)
- 兇惡 xiōngè
- fierce; ferocious; fiendish
- 兇殺 xiōngshā
- to murder; assassination
- 兇殺案 xiōngshāàn
- murder case
- 兇猛 xiōngměng
- fierce; violent; ferocious
- 兇神 xiōngshén
- demon; fiend
- 兇險 xiōngxiǎn
- dangerous; ruthless; treacherous
- 凶兆 xiōngzhào
- ill omen
凶 in a sentence
鄰居的狗很凶，每次經過都會對我叫。
Línjū de gǒu hěn xiōng, měi cì jīngguò dōu huì duì wǒ jiào.
“The neighbor's dog is very fierce; it barks at me every time I pass by.”
How common is 凶?
凶 is the 1,376th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.6% of all running text.
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