凶 xiōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 凵 container 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
凶残
xiōngcán
cruel; brutal; savage
Characters in this word
残 cán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 歹 — corpse
- Made of
- 歹 corpse 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 战争记录片没有回避侵略者凶残的一面，而是让观众直面历史。 Zhànzhēng jìlùpiàn méiyǒu huíbì qīnlüèzhě xiōngcán de yí miàn, ér shì ràng guānzhòng zhímiàn lìshǐ. The war documentary did not avoid the invaders' brutality, but instead made the audience face history directly.
- 这只狼在故事里被写得十分凶残，孩子们听得屏住了呼吸。 Zhè zhī láng zài gùshi li bèi xiě de shífēn xiōngcán, háizimen tīng de bǐngzhùle hūxī. In the story the wolf is portrayed as very cruel; the children listened holding their breath.
- 史书记载那位暴君十分凶残，百姓的日子非常艰难。 Shǐshū jìzǎi nà wèi bàojūn shífēn xiōngcán, bǎixìng de rìzi fēicháng jiānnán. History books record that the tyrant was very cruel, and the people's lives were extremely hard.
Related words
- 凶 xiōng fierce; ominous; violent
- 凶恶 xiōng'è vicious; ferocious; evil-looking
- 凶狠 xiōnghěn ruthless; fierce; savage
- 凶猛 xiōngměng fierce; violent; ferocious
- 凶手 xiōngshǒu murderer; culprit
- 残疾 cánjí disability
- 残 cán damaged; incomplete; crippled
- 残酷 cánkù cruel; harsh
- 残留 cánliú to remain; residue
- 残缺 cánquē incomplete; defective
- 残忍 cánrěn cruel; ruthless
- 摧残 cuīcán to devastate; to ravage; to wreck