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Villain Bad Cut Open Box 凶 キョウ Evil

Kanji
Onyomi キョウ
English villain, evil, bad luck, disaster
Examples 凶作(きょうさく): bad harvest; poor crop
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1673
Components 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue
凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 17
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword villain
Koohii Story 1 Here the villain digs a hole with a shovel and covers it with a sheaf, hoping someone will fall in.
Koohii Story 2 Wolverine (sheaf, see reap (#1488)) takes out a villain who can´t be cut by smacking the crap out of him with a shovel.
RTK Index 1490

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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