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Kanji Detail for 凶 - "misfortune, bad, ominous"

  • Meaning

    凶 means "misfortune, bad, ominous."

    1. To be attacked - To fear; to worry.

    2. Misfortune - Bad; unlucky; ominous.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    villain; evil; bad luck; disaster

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    culprit; murder; bad, sad

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    terrible; fearful

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    culprit; murder; bad, sad

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Evil. Such as 凶頑 (fierce and obstinate), 凶暴 (violent), all meaning fierce and evil. | Harming people is called 凶. Such as a murderer is called 凶手. A weapon for killing is called 凶器. | Famine is called 凶. Such as a famine year is called 凶年. | Misfortune. Opposite of 吉 (auspicious). All inauspicious matters are called 凶. Such as mourning rites are called 凶禮.
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