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Translingual
Han character
凶 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 山大 (UK), four-corner 22770, composition ⿶凵㐅)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 135, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1803
- Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 306, character 19
- Unihan data for U+51F6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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酗
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*qʰos
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凶
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*qʰoŋ
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匈
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*qʰoŋ
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兇
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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訩
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*qʰoŋ
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胸
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*qʰoŋ
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胷
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*qʰoŋ
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洶
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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恟
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*qʰoŋ
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詾
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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Pictogram (象形) and/or Ideogram (指事) - with the '凵' component representing a hole in the ground and with the '㐅' component (if an ideogram) indicating the existence of a hole and/or (if a pictogram) representing rock, mud, stone or bamboo in the hole. Alternately, could be derived from the upper component of '㚇'.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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凶
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiōng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xjowng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰ(r)oŋ/
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English
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unlucky
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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凶
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13889
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Phonetic component
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凶
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Rime group
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東
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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胷
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰoŋ/
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Definitions
凶
- inauspicious; bad luck; bad omen
- Antonym: 吉 (jí)
- to have a famine due to crop failure
- 凶年 ― xiōngnián ― year of bad harvest and famine
- fierce; ferocious
- alt. forms: 兇/凶 (xiōng)
- terrible; fearful
- alt. forms: 兇/凶 (xiōng)
- act of violence; murder; evil
- alt. forms: 兇/凶 (xiōng)
- ruffian; evildoer; criminal
- alt. forms: 兇/凶 (xiōng)
Compounds
- 元凶 (yuánxiōng)
- 凶事 (xiōngshì)
- 凶兆 (xiōngzhào)
- 凶器 (xiōngqì)
- 凶器 (xiōngqì)
- 凶宅 (xiōngzhái)
- 凶悍 (xiōnghàn)
- 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
- 凶橫 (xiōnghèng)
- 凶焰 (xiōngyàn)
- 趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng)
- 逞凶 (chěngxiōng)
See also
For pronunciation and definitions of 凶 – see 兇 (“terrible; ferocious”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 兇). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
凶
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- ominous
- killing, terrible
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
Noun
凶 • (kyō)
- ill fortune
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
凶 (eumhun 흉할 흉 (hyunghal hyung))
- Hanja form? of 흉 (“ominous; terrible”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
凶: Hán Nôm readings: hung
- chữ Hán form of hung (“inauspicious, unlucky, ominous”).
References