凶悪

See also: 兇惡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: S
あく
Grade: 3
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spellings
凶惡 (kyūjitai)
兇悪

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょーあく [kyòóákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

(きょう)(あく) • (kyōaku) -na (adnominal (きょう)(あく) (kyōaku na), adverbial (きょう)(あく) (kyōaku ni))

  1. heinous, atrocious

Inflection

Compounds

  • 凶悪(きょうあく)犯罪(はんざい) (kyōakuhanzai): an heinous crime
  • 凶悪(きょうあく) (kyōakusa): heinousness

Noun

(きょう)(あく) • (kyōaku) 

  1. something heinous, an atrocity

Usage notes

Much more commonly used as an adjective.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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