Japanese Word Entry

凶荒
Kana:きょうこう
Romaji:kyoukou
Definition: poor crops, famine

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Chinese characters used in this word

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster, culprit, murder, bad, sad
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄩㄥ (xiōng)
Cantonese: hung1
Japanese: キョウ (kyou) / わるい (warui)
Korean: 흉 (hyung)
Vietnamese: hung

laid waste, rough, rude, wild, wasteland, desert, uncultivated
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄤ (huāng), ㄏㄨㄤˇ (huǎng), ㄎㄤ (kāng), ㄏㄨㄤˊ (huáng)
Cantonese: fong1
Japanese: コウ (kou) / あ.らす (arasu)、 あ.れる (areru)、 あら.い (arai)、 すさ.ぶ (susabu)、 すさ.む (susamu)、 あ.らし (arashi)
Korean: 황 (hwang)
Vietnamese: hoang