Chinese Character Wiki
兇

xiōng

terrible, fearful

Depicts a person (卩) under a trap (凶).

Components
凶 sound,iconic component

凶  Sound Iconic component

xiōng

  

vicious, fierce

Depicts a trap.

卩 meaning component

卩  Meaning component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person under a trap.

Evolution

兇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兇 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
兇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兇  

xiōng

atrocious, ferocious, brutal

凶 (兇) 

xiōng

terrible; fearful

Most common words with 兇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

凶手

murderer

凶

vicious

凶器

lethal weapon

凶残

savage

凶猛

fierce

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 29.2648% of movies

830th most common character in movies

1378th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5147

Shuowen

“兇，擾恐也，从人在凶下。”


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