Chinese symbol for “vengeful”
凶狠
xiōng hěn
cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vengeful is 凶狠 (xiōng hěn), defined as: cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凶狠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶手 (兇手) | xiōng shǒu | murderer; assassin |
| 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) |
| 狠狠 | hěn hěn | resolutely; firmly |
| 狠心 | hěn xīn | callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth) |
| 狠毒 | hěn dú | vicious; malicious |
| 心狠手辣 | xīn hěn shǒu là | (idiom) vicious; merciless |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vengeful”.
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.