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Information about character(s)

Radical: 儿
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 6
Variants: 凶

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiōng
Cantonese: hung1
JapaneseKun: OSORERU
JapaneseOn: KYOU
Korean: HYUNG
Vietnamese: hung

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: atrocious, ferocious, brutal

CE-Dict: terrible/fearful

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.evil; bad
2.unlucky; unfortunate; inauspicious
3.famine
4.fear; fearsome
5.very; excessive

1.fierce; violent; cruel; ferocious
2.inhuman

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: fierce; murder; ominous; terrible

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《凶部》兇擾恐也。从人在凶下。《春秋傳》曰：“曹人兇懼。”

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【凵字部】兇
〔古文〕𣧑【唐韻】【正韻】許容切【集韻】【韻會】虛容切，𠀤音胷。【說文】象地穿交陷其中。【徐曰】惡不可居。象地之塹也，惡可陷人也。【爾雅·釋詁】咎也。【疏】謂咎惡也。又【玉篇】短折也。又與忷通。【集韻】憂懼。【晉語】敵入而凶。【註】凶猶凶凶，恐懼。亦作兇。【說文】擾恐也。又叶虛王切，貺平聲。【東方朔·七諫】業失之而不救兮，尚何論乎禍凶。彼離畔而朋黨兮，獨行之士其何望。
（兇）【唐韻】【集韻】【正韻】許容切【韻會】虛容切，𠀤音胷。【說文】擾恐也。从人在凶下。【左傳·僖二十八年】曹人兇懼。【玉篇】懼聲也。又【增韻】凶，通作兇。【唐詩】除兇報千古。又【集韻】或作恟忷。又【唐韻】【正韻】許拱切【集韻】【韻會】詡拱切，𠀤胷上聲。義同。

Han-De-Dict: grimmig (u.E.) (Adj)