凶
凶 — Villain
villain, evil, bad luck, disaster
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (4 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 凶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶作 | きょうさく kyousaku | bad harvest; poor crop |
| 凶悪 | きょうあく kyouaku | atrocious; heinous; fiendish |
| 元凶 | げんきょう genkyou | ringleader; main culprit; main cause |
| 凶器 | きょうき kyouki | dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon |
| 凶暴 | きょうぼう kyoubou | ferocious; brutal; atrocious |
| 大凶 | だいきょう daikyou | terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck |
Study notes
凶 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1673 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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