Kanji

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

凵部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョウ

Common Readings

キョウ

Example sentences

凶悪 きょうあく
その犯人は凶悪な事件を次々と引き起こした。

The criminal committed one atrocious crime after another.

凶器 きょうき
事件現場から凶器と思われるナイフが発見された。

A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was discovered at the crime scene.

凶暴 きょうぼう
その凶暴な熊は村人たちを恐怖に陥れた。

The ferocious bear terrified the villagers.

元凶 げんきょう
この問題の元凶は、彼らの不注意にある。

The root of this problem lies in their carelessness.

きょう
おみくじで凶が出た。

I drew bad luck in my fortune slip.

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