元凶

See also: 元兇

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	fierce; terrible; ominous
trad. (元凶/元兇)		元	凶/兇
simp. (元凶)		元	凶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-hiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsyong
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-hsiung¹
    • Yale: ywán-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshiong
    • Palladius: юаньсюн (juanʹsjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ hung¹
    • Yale: yùhn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-hiong
    • Tâi-lô: guân-hiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanhiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/

Noun

元凶

1. prime culprit; arch-criminal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	凶
げん Grade: 2	きょう Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
元兇

Etymology

凶 is a daiyōji replacing 兇.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんきょー [gèńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

元(げん)凶(きょう) • (genkyō) 

1. root, principle cause (of a problem)

   悪(あく)の元凶(げんきょう)

   aku no genkyō

   the root cause of evil

2. prime culprit, instigator, leader of a criminal gang

   元凶(げんきょう)が戻(もど)ってきた。

   Genkyō ga modotte kita.

   The culprit has returned.