Japanese symbol for “ferocious”
凶暴
きょうぼう
Romaji: kyoubou
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage
In Japanese, ferocious is 凶暴, read きょうぼう (kyoubou).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-na, n ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
Written forms: 凶暴、兇暴. Readings: きょうぼう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ferocious”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 獰猛 | どうもう doumou | ferocious; fierce; truculent |
| 猛々しい | たけだけしい takedakeshii | ferocious; fierce |
| 猛 | もう mou | ferocious |
| 獅子奮迅 | ししふんじん shishifunjin | furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious |
| 猛悪 | もうあく mouaku | savage; ferocious; atrocious |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶悪 | きょうあく kyouaku | atrocious; heinous; fiendish |
| 凶器 | きょうき kyouki | dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon |
| 元凶 | げんきょう genkyou | ringleader; main culprit |
| 凶作 | きょうさく kyousaku | bad harvest; poor crop |
| 大凶 | だいきょう daikyou | terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck |
| 暴力 | ぼうりょく bouryoku | violence; mayhem |
| 暴動 | ぼうどう boudou | insurrection; riot; uprising |
| 暴露 | ばくろ bakuro | disclosure; exposure; revelation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ferocious”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.