兇

See also: 凶
兇 U+5147, 兇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5147
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Translingual

Han character

兇 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 山大竹山 (UKHU), four-corner 22217, composition ⿱凶儿)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1348
  • Dae Jaweon: page 260, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 268, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5147

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 兇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script

s05172

Transcribed ancient scripts

L30006

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (凶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
酗 *qʰos
凶 *qʰoŋ
匈 *qʰoŋ
兇 *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
訩 *qʰoŋ
胸 *qʰoŋ
胷 *qʰoŋ
洶 *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
恟 *qʰoŋ
詾 *qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ

Etymology 1
trad. 兇/凶*
simp. 凶*
alternative forms 𠒋

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 兇 兇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 許容切 許拱切
Baxter xjowng xjowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨoŋ/ /hɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hioŋ/ /hioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xioŋ/ /xioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /huawŋ/ /huawŋX/
Li
Rong		 /xioŋ/ /xioŋX/
Wang
Li		 /xĭwoŋ/ /xĭwoŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯woŋ/ /xi̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiōng xiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hung1 hung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兇 兇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13891 13899
Phonetic
component		 凶 凶
Rime
group		 東 東
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 胷 洶
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰoŋ/ /*qʰoŋʔ/

Definitions

兇

  1. terrible; fearful
  2. fierce; ferocious
  3. ruffian; evildoer; criminal
  4. act of violence; murder; evil
  5. (Quanzhou, Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien) ugly
  6. (Cantonese) to intimidate

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 醜, 媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 醜陋
Mandarin Beijing 難看, 寒磣, 磣
Taiwan 難看, 醜
Jinan 難看, 醜
Xi'an 難看, 醜, 不心疼
Wuhan 醜, 不好看
Chengdu 難看, 醜
Yangzhou 難看, 醜
Hefei 難看, 醜, 相壞
Singapore 難看, 醜
Cantonese Guangzhou 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
Hong Kong 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
Dongguan 難睞
Yangjiang 惡看, 醜鬼
Gan Nanchang 不客氣, 難看
Hakka Meixian 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 媸, 醜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 媸, 醜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 媸, 醜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 媸, 醜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 媸, 醜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 䆀
Jin Taiyuan 難看, 醜
Northern Min Jian'ou 驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min Xiamen 歹看, 㾀勢
Quanzhou 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
Jinjiang 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
Zhangzhou 䆀看, 㾀勢
Taipei 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢
Kaohsiung 歹看
Singapore (Hokkien) 歹看, 䆀
Manila (Hokkien) 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
Chaozhou 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
Shantou 野樣
Jieyang 野樣
Singapore (Teochew) 歹睇
Wu Shanghai 難看, 怕
Shanghai (Jiading) 怕
Shanghai (Songjiang) 怕
Suzhou 難看, 怕
Kunshan 難看
Jiaxing 難看
Hangzhou 難看
Ningbo 難看
Wenzhou 難覷, 否好覷, 醜
Xiang Changsha 醜, 不好看, 不打彩
Shuangfeng 醜, 不好看

Compounds

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 兇 – see 凶 (“bad luck”).
(This character is a variant form of 凶).

References

Japanese

Kanji
兇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ill luck

Readings

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 兇 is mostly replaced by 凶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 兇 replaced by daiyōji 凶
凶悪
凶器
凶手
凶賊
凶弾
凶徒
凶行
凶暴
元凶

Compounds
Compounds

Korean

Hanja

兇 (eumhun 흉악할 흉 (hyung'akhal hyung))

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Compounds
Compounds
  • 원흉 (元兇, wonhyung)
  • 흉기 (兇器, hyunggi)
  • 흉당 (兇黨, hyungdang)
  • 흉도 (兇徒, hyungdo)
  • 흉맹 (兇猛, hyungmaeng)
  • 흉사 (兇事, hyungsa)
  • 흉수 (兇手, hyungsu)
  • 흉악 (兇惡, hyung'ak)
  • 흉역 (兇逆, hyung'yeok)
  • 흉인 (兇刃, hyung'in)
  • 흉적 (兇賊, hyungjeok)
  • 흉탄 (兇彈, hyungtan)
  • 흉포 (兇暴, hyungpo)
  • 흉학 (兇虐, hyunghak)
  • 흉행 (兇行, hyunghaeng)
  • 흉한 (兇漢, hyunghan)

Vietnamese

Han character

兇: Hán Nôm readings: hung

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