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Kanji Detail for 凶 - "misfortune"

凶

  • Meaning

    凶 means "misfortune." Also associated with famine, to be attacked.

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

    2. Misfortune - Bad; unlucky; ominous.

  • Words using 凶

    • 凶作 きょうさく Listen bad harvest; poor crop

  • Four-character idioms with 凶

    • 吉凶禍福 きっきょうかふく Listen good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

  • Tattoo check: 凶

    • Verified meaning: misfortune
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: famine, to be attacked
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    4 strokes

  • Radical

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    凵 (kannyo・ukebako・kangamae)

  • Related Keywords

    misfortune famine to be attacked bad luck evil ominous adversity calamitous cursed disastrous doom inauspicious malevolent sinister unfortunate unlucky wicked dread foreboding nefarious

Sentences including 凶

  • Is your dog mean?

  • The rice crop is poor this year.

  • The murder weapon still hasn't been found.

  • Tom was the victim of a heinous crime.

  • A fanatic threw a bomb at the king's coach.

  • He was unaware of the enormity of the offense.

  • The fingerprints left on the weapon correspond with the suspect's.

  • It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.

  • Police shot the armed robber in the head - he died almost immediately.

  • According to the ballistics report, this gun can't be the murder weapon.

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