Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
凶 (4)
キョウ
凵 (Type 5 Phonetic) hole + a person → round cavity into which a person falls and struggles to get out (compare 禍, 陥, and 俗) → terrible; bad; disaster → poor harvest.
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