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凶
xiōng
1. vicious
2. fierce
3. ominous
4. inauspicious
5. famine
6. variant of [[兇|凶<xiōng>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

凶
xiōng
culprit; murder; bad, sad
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

元凶
yuánxiōng
chief offender
凶器
xiōngqì
lethal weapon
凶残
xiōngcán
savage
凶焰
xiōngyàn
ferocity
凶狠
xiōnghěn
cruel
凶荒
xiōnghuāng
(literary) famine
凶党
xiōngdǎng
band of accomplice
吉凶
jíxiōng
good and bad luck (in astrology)
帮凶
bāngxiōng
variant of [[幫凶|帮凶<bāngxiōng>]]
帮凶
bāngxiōng
accomplice
疑凶
yíxiōng
suspected of murder
行凶
xíngxiōng
violent crime
闵凶
mǐnxiōng
suffering
凶宅
xiōngzhái
inauspicious abode
凶年
xiōngnián
year of famine
凶悍
xiōnghàn
violent
凶恶
xiōngè
fierce
HSK 6
凶戾
xiōnglì
cruel
凶手
xiōngshǒu
murderer
HSK 6
凶死
xiōngsǐ
to die in violence

Alternate Entries

凶
xiōng
terrible / fearful

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,377
Word Frequency Rank
2,906 of 84,292