Chinese symbol for “vicious”
凶
xiōng
vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vicious is 凶 (xiōng), defined as: vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 凶 (xiōng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vicious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狠毒 | hěn dú | vicious; malicious |
| 心狠手辣 | xīn hěn shǒu là | (idiom) vicious; merciless |
| 歹毒 | dǎi dú | vicious; ruthless |
| 残暴 (殘暴) | cán bào | brutal; vicious; ruthless |
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶手 (兇手) | xiōng shǒu | murderer; assassin |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vicious”.
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.