Japanese symbol for “gangsters”
凶党
きょうとう
Romaji: kyoutou
gang; gangsters
In Japanese, gangsters is 凶党, read きょうとう (kyoutou).
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Meanings
- n gang; gangsters
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 凶暴 | きょうぼう kyoubou | ferocious; brutal; atrocious |
| 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 |
| 政党 | せいとう seitou | political party |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
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.