凶 – villain, evil, bad luck

4 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1673 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 凶 means villain, evil, bad luck, disaster. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 凵 (no. 17).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 凵 (Kangxi radical 17). Components: 凵・丶・ノ.

Words using 凶

凶作きょうさくbad harvest

Example sentences

昨年は異常な冷夏で、稲作は１０年ぶりの凶作だった。

It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.

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Kanji with the same radical

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