Chinese symbol for “murderer”
凶手
xiōng shǒu
Traditional: 兇手
murderer; assassin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for murderer is 凶手 (xiōng shǒu), defined as: murderer; assassin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “murderer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀人犯 (殺人犯) | shā rén fàn | murderer; homicide |
| 凶犯 (兇犯) | xiōng fàn | murderer |
| 杀手 (殺手) | shā shǒu | killer; murderer |
| 凶身 (兇身) | xiōng shēn | murderer; killer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凶手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶狠 (兇狠) | xiōng hěn | variant of 凶狠 (xiōng hěn) |
| 凶猛 (兇猛) | xiōng měng | fierce; violent |
| 元凶 | yuán xiōng | chief offender; main culprit |
| 行凶 (行兇) | xíng xiōng | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
See also: Japanese symbol for “murderer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.