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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1673 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition: 乂 凵

凶

Radical

Radical: 凵

Meaning: container, open mouth

Reading: かんにょう

Frequency: 23

凵

Examples

Onyomi Examples

凶 (キョウ) bad luck, ill fortune, misfortune

凶悪 (キョウアク) atrocious, heinous, fiendish, brutal, vicious

元凶 (ゲンキョウ) ringleader, main culprit, main cause, source

大凶 (ダイキョウ) terrible luck, very bad luck

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