This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: キョウ
Romaji: kyō
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  17
Frequency:  1673
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-2-2
Korean Reading:  hyung
Chinese Reading:  xiong1
Unicode:  51f6
JIS:  3627

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2961
Nelson Index: 663
New Nelson Index: 442
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a4.19
Four Corner Index: 2277.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1159
Gakken Index: 1725
Japanese Names Index: 173
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1803
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0171
Remembering the kanji Index: 1490
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1085
Kodansha Compact Index: 172
Kanji in Context Index: 1812
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1877
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2557
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1503
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1603
Essential Kanji Index: 1337
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3679
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1275
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1022

Words

(きょう)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
凶暴 (きょうぼう)
brutal; atrocious; ferocious
元凶 (げんきょう、がんきょう)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
吉凶 (きっきょう)
sunshine and shadow; fortune
凶相 (きょうそう)
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
凶悪 (きょうあく)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
凶器 (きょうき)
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon
凶作 (きょうさく)
bad harvest; poor crop
凶事の兆し (きょうじのきざし)
omen of disaster
凶宅 (きょうたく)
unlucky house
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