兇

See also: 凶
兇 U+5147, 兇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5147
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[U+5148]

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: page 124, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1348
  • Dae Jaweon: page 260, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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*

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
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
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
  4. act of violence

Compounds
  • 真兇實犯／真凶实犯
  • 緝兇／缉凶
  • 行兇／行凶 (xíngxiōng)
  • 頂兇／顶凶
  • 騁兇騁勢／骋凶骋势

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

References

Japanese

Kanji
兇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ill luck

Readings
  • On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: おそれる (osoreru)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

兇 • (hyung) (hangeul 흉, revised hyung, McCune–Reischauer hyung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

兇 (hung)

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