Word details

凶悪

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 凶悪.

Dictionary

Entry

凶悪きょうあく兇悪Noun~な Adj.Freq #8469
1

atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

Examples
最近の凶悪事件をニュースで見るたび、バーチャルな世界と生きる世界の区別がなくなった若者が急増していることに気付かされる。
These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

凶

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

4 strokesFrequency 1,673JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キョウ
悪

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

11 strokesFrequency 530JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アクオ

Kun

わる.いわる-あ.しにく.い-にく.いああいずくにいずくんぞにく.む
兇

wickedness

6 strokes

On

キョウ

Kun

おそ.れるわる.い

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