Kanji N1

凶: villain, evil, bad luck

凶 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning villain, evil, bad luck, written with 4 strokes. It is read キョウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 凶作 (きょうさく, bad harvest) and 凶悪 (きょうあく, atrocious).

凶

Meanings

  • villain
  • evil
  • bad luck
  • disaster
Strokes4
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1673 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 凶

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 凶作きょうさく

    bad harvest; poor crop

    JLPT N1
  • 凶悪きょうあく

    atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

  • 元凶げんきょう

    ringleader; main culprit

  • 凶器きょうき

    dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon

  • 凶暴きょうぼう

    ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

  • 大凶だいきょう

    terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip)

  • 凶弾きょうだん

    assassin's bullet

  • 凶きょう

    bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.