terrible / fearful
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How to pronounce 兇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

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+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

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兇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
terrible / fearful
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vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
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rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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Characters with 兇 as component

兇 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 兇

lethal weapon / murder weapon
inauspicious abode / haunted house
alleged killer (or attacker) / suspect in a case of violent crime

Sentences with 兇

兇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiōng

terrible / fearful

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