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凶手 (xiōng shǒu) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

凶手 (xiōng shǒu) is a Chinese word: murderer. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 凶手

名 míng noun

murderer

警察正在寻找凶手。

jǐng chá zhèng zài xún zhǎo xiōng shǒu

The police are searching for the murderer.

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Word breakdown

凶 xiōng — violent, fierce, murderous

手 shǒu — person who does, perpetrator

Structure & writing
1 凶 xiōng — inauspicious; ominous (of death, disaster, etc., opposite of 吉)
凶 is a component in 6 characters

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2 手 shǒu — hand (the part of the body below the wrist)
手 is a component in 10 characters

手 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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