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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 凶煞

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
凶煞 xiōng shà - demon
- fiend

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 82,807 85,433

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiōng- vicious
- fierce
- ominous
- inauspicious
- famine
- variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
xiōng- terrible
- fearful
shā- to terminate
- to cut short
- to bring to a stop
- to squeeze
- to tighten
- to damage
- variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
shà- fiend
- demon
- very
- (Tw) SARS (loanword)

Other Words Containing 凶煞

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo