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-<WL>凶 [xiōng] terrible/disastrous (ant. 吉); 吉凶 good luck and bad; 凶恶 xiōng'è fiendish/ruthless; 凶猛 ferocious; 凶杀 murder@@; (HDZ:) 不吉利, 灾祸; 凶恶, 残暴; …
+<WL>凶 [xiōng] terrible/disastrous (ant. 吉); 吉凶 good luck and bad; 凶恶 fiendish/ruthless; 凶猛 violent/ferocious; 凶杀 murder@@; (HDZ:) 不吉利, 灾祸; 凶恶, 残暴; …
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 凶(􁍼) xiōng ‘terrible/disastrous’ is said to depict a 凵 ‘gaping pit’ into which 乂 someone/something has fallen or may fall.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 凶(􁍼) xiōng ‘terrible/disastrous’ is said to depict a 凵(􀐄) qiǎn ‘gaping pit’ (pitfall, spiked trap) into which 乂(􂌾􂤚㐅) someone/something has fallen or may fall.
-	A variant form 兇(􁍽) with 儿 added, is sometimes used among full form characters when the meaning is ‘violent, cruel’.
+	Compare: 龟/龜(􂘁⻱) guī ‘tortoise/turtle’ (of longevity), in which the shell/carapace (龟甲) is represented with a shape like 凶(􁍼) rotated 90 degrees CCW; the animal (flipped upside-down) was butchered and stripped of its shell/meat, for cooking/divination (a disaster for an otherwise long-lived turtle).
-	Compare: 胸(􁣐匈) xiōng ‘chest/breast’; 农/農(􀝹䢉) nóng ‘farming’.
+	Compare: 囟(􁱻𦥓𠚁) xìn ‘fontanelle’ (delicate/fragile/dangerous); 齿/齒(􀕗􀕘𠚒𦥒𠚕) chǐ ‘tooth/teeth’.
-	Compare: 囟(􁱻𦥓𠚁) xìn ‘fontanelle’; 齿/齒(􀕗􀕘𠚒𦥒𠚕) chǐ ‘tooth/teeth’.
+	Note: Among full form characters 凶 is sometimes wr. 兇(􁍽) ‘violent/cruel’.
+	Compare: 詾(􀛽) xiōng ‘passionate/vociferous dispute’, formerly wr. 訩(􀛾), and also 𧧗(􀛿).
+	Compare: 胸(􁣐匈) xiōng ‘chest/breast’; 农/農(􀝹䢉) nóng ‘farming’, in which the component is sometimes said to be 凶(􁍼), 囪(􁯴囪), or 囟(􁱻𦥓𠚁).
 	Compare: 臼(􁍴) jiù ‘mortar’; 舂(􁍵𦦓) chōng ‘hull/grind grain (with mortar & pestle)’; 臽(􁍻𦥢) xiàn ‘pit/ditch’.
+	Compare: 网(􁒺) wǎng ‘net’, in which lines like 爻(􀣳) represent the mesh/grid/netting.
+	Compare: 陷(􂢾) xiàn ‘pit/pitfall/trap’, in which 臽(􁍻𦥢) xiàn ‘pit/pitfall/trap’, with 臼(􁍴) jiù ‘pit/pitfall’, or 𠚒(􀕘) chǐ ‘tooth/teeth’.
 	HDZ: 凶 : xiōng : 不吉利, 灾祸; 凶恶 (cf. 兇), 残暴; 早死, 夭亡; 饥荒; 恶人; 杀人或伤人的行为 (行凶); 厉害 (病势很凶, 闹得太凶); 讼; 恐惧 (cf. 兇)
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+#c乂凵㐅
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