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CHINESE CHARACTER

xiōng

凶

凶

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fierce

Numbered pinyin
xiong1
English meanings
vicious, fierce, ominous, inauspicious, famine, variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from below structure

Enclosed from below arrangement: outside 凵; inside 乂.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿶凵乂

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    hěn很xiōng凶。

    Very fierce.

  2. 02

    xiōngè凶恶。

    Fierce and evil.

  3. 03

    xiōnghěn凶狠。

    Vicious.

  4. 04

    xiōngměng凶猛。

    Ferocious.

  5. 05

    bié别zhème这么xiōng凶。

    Don't be so fierce.

  6. 06

    xiōng凶xiǎn险。

    Dangerous.

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