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凶

JLPT N1 4 strokes Frequency: #1673

Meanings

Villain, Evil, Bad Luck, Disaster

Radicals

凵

Decomposition

⿶凵乂

Etymology

Ideographic: A container 凵 of wickedness 乂

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 corner bottom-left-to-top-right

4 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョウ kyou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

50 words total

Other (20 words)

poor crops

evil omen

bad news

bad news (esp. of a death)

unlucky house

bad news

bad harvest

unlucky day

bad luck

calamity

bad year

poor crop year

gang

inauspicious dream

ringleader

dangerous weapon

crime

villain

assassin

good or bad luck

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