凶
terrible; fearful
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,289 U+51F6
How 凶 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A container 凵 of wickedness 乂
components: 凵 乂
How to remember it
cruel · Heisig RSH #1174
sheaf + pit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 凶 as their sound component
These characters all use 凶 (xiōng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶 sound component | xiōng | culprit; murder; bad, sad |
| 匈 | xiōng | breast, chest, thorax; to clamor; Hungary |
| 汹 | xiōng | turbulent, torrential, restless |
| 垴 | nǎo | small hillock, used in place names |
Words containing 凶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行凶者 | xíng xiōng zhě | perpetrator |
| 凶巴巴 | xiōng bā bā | harsh; savage; fierce |
| 凶多吉少 | xiōng duō jí shǎo | (lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); (fig.) inauspicious; everything po… |
| 行凶 | xíng xiōng | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) |
| 凶手 | xiōng shǒu | murderer; assassin |
| 凶事 | xiōng shì | fateful accident; inauspicious matter (involving death or casualties) |
| 凶器 | xiōng qì | lethal weapon; murder weapon |
| 凶神 | xiōng shén | demon; fiend |
| 凶光 | xiōng guāng | ominous glint |
| 凶相 | xiōng xiàng | ferocious appearance |
| 凶年 | xiōng nián | year of famine |
| 凶死 | xiōng sǐ | to die in violence |
| 凶身 | xiōng shēn | murderer; killer |
| 凶信 | xiōng xìn | fateful news; news of sb's death |
| 凶杀案 | xiōng shā àn | murder case |
| 元凶 | yuán xiōng | chief offender; main culprit |
| 穷凶极恶 | qióng xiōng jí è | fiendish; black-hearted |
| 凶服 | xiōng fú | mourning clothes (old) |
| 真凶 | zhēn xiōng | culprit |
| 吉凶 | jí xiōng | good and bad luck (in astrology) |