• 1376th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiōng (xiong1)terrible • fearful
2. xiōng (xiong1)vicious • fierce • ominous • inauspicious • famine • variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

凶手 (兇手)
凶残 (兇殘)
凶狠 (兇狠)
凶猛 (兇猛)
凶暴 

Uncommon

凶器 (兇器)
凶多吉少 (兇多吉少)
凶悍 (兇悍)
凶恶 (兇惡)
凶杀 (兇殺)
凶杀案 (兇殺案)
凶神 (兇神)
凶险 (兇險)
凶兆 
凶光 
凶巴巴 
吉凶 
帮凶 (幫兇)
行凶 (行兇)
逢凶化吉 

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  • 1155th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měng (meng3)ferocious • suddenly • fierce • violent • abrupt

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for měng (meng3)The component is pronounced as 'mèng' (meng4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for měng (meng3)The component is pronounced as 'mǐn' (min3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

猛击 (猛擊)

Uncommon

凶猛 (兇猛)
勇猛 
威猛 
猛地 
猛料 
猛烈 
猛然 
猛犸 (猛獁)
生猛 
迅猛 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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