凶きょう行こう人にん

Meanings

1

noun

brute; violent criminal; savage

archaic

Archaic term for a person who commits violent acts; not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

古こ文もん書じょには、凶きょう行こう人にんを捕とらえたという記き録ろくが残のこっている。
Old documents record that a violent criminal was captured.

wickedness

Similar words

凶きょう悪あく犯はん
Modern term for a violent criminal; 凶行人 is an archaic equivalent.
暴ぼう漢かん
Refers to a ruffian or thug; 凶行人 carries a stronger sense of inherent brutality.

Written forms

凶きょう行こう人にん
Archaic kanji spelling; 凶行人 is the modern standard form, while 兇行人 uses an older variant of 凶.
兇きょう行こう人にん
Archaic variant using 兇; now largely replaced by 凶行人.

Etymology

Compound of 凶 (bad, evil) and 行人 (traveler, person), literally 'evil person'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in pre-modern texts.