Dong Chinese dictionary

xiōng

terrible, fearful

Depicts a person (卩) under a trap (凶).

Components

xiōng

vicious, fierce

Depicts a trap.

卩 Meaning component

jié

person kneeling

Depicts a person under a trap.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiōng

atrocious, ferocious, brutal

xiōng

terrible; fearful

Most common words with 兇

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