元凶

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See also: 元兇

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	fierce; terrible; ominous
trad. (元凶/元兇)		元	凶/兇
simp. (元凶)		元	凶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánxiōng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-hiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánxiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsyong
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-hsiung¹
  - Yale: ywán-syūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshiong
  - Palladius: юаньсюн (juanʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ hung¹
  - Yale: yùhn hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-hiong
  - Tâi-lô: guân-hiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanhiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/

Noun

元凶

prime culprit; arch-criminal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	凶
げん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
元兇

Etymology

凶 is a daiyōji replacing 兇.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんきょー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

元(げん)凶(きょう) • (genkyō)

root, principle cause (of a problem)
悪(あく)の元凶(げんきょう)
aku no genkyō
the root cause of evil
prime culprit, instigator, leader of a criminal gang
元凶(げんきょう)が戻(もど)ってきた。
Genkyō ga modotte kita.
The culprit has returned.

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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