| 1159 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1725 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 663 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1337 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1085 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 173 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1280 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1354 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1812 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 172 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3679 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1877 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2557 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1503 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1803 | Morohashi |
| 2961 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 442 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1490 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1603 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1022 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
villain, evil, bad luck, disaster
- On:
- キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1673 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 凶 【キョウ】 bad luck, bad fortune, evil, wickedness
- 凶悪 【キョウアク】 atrocious, heinous, fiendish, brutal, vicious
- 元凶 【ゲンキョウ】 ringleader, main culprit, main cause, source
- 大凶 【ダイキョウ】 terrible luck, very bad luck
Readings
- Korean:
- hyung
Spanish
- mal
- maldad
- desastre
- calamidad
Portuguese
- vilão
- mau
- sorte ruim
- desastre
French
- vaurien
- mauvais
- malchance
- désastre
| 1275 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51f6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暴 【ボウ】 violence, force
- 暴挙 【ボウキョ】 violence, reckless action, (an) outrage
- 無謀 【ムボウ】 reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)
- 凶暴 【キョウボウ】 ferocious, brutal, atrocious, savage, barbarous
- 暴露 【バクロ】 disclosure, exposure, revelation
- 暴露戦術 【バクロセンジュツ】 exposure tactics, muckraking tactics
Kun reading compounds
- 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out
- 暴れる 【あばれる】 to act violently, to rage, to struggle, to be riotous
Readings
- Korean:
- pog, po
Spanish
- violento
- salvaje
- exponer
- divulgar
- alborotar
- encolerizarse
- revelar
Portuguese
- explosão
- enfurecer
- preocupação
- força
- violência
- crueldade
- escandalo
French
- explosion
- rage
- agitation
- force
- violence
- cruauté
- outrage
- dévoiler
| 871 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 814 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 793 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 821 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2157 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 833 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 607 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1014 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1052 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1043 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 982 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3138 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1609 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1819 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14137 | Morohashi |
| 2515 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2511 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1801 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1941 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 812 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3842 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 6013.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66b4 | Unicode hex code |