凶 器(きょうき)

きょうき

noun

weapon; deadly weapon

1. weapon; deadly weapon; dangerous instrument

An object used or capable of being used to harm or kill someone. In legal and news contexts, refers to any object used as a weapon in a crime, whether a knife, blunt instrument, or other item.

凶器(きょうき)はナイフだった。

The weapon was a knife.

犯人(はんにん)は凶器(きょうき)を持(も)って逃(に)げた。

The criminal fled with the weapon.

警察(けいさつ)は現場(げんば)付近(ふきん)で凶器(きょうき)と思(おも)われる包丁(ほうちょう)を発見(はっけん)した。

Police found a kitchen knife believed to be the weapon near the scene.

Usage

凶器(きょうき) specifically refers to an object used as a weapon in a violent act. It is most commonly encountered in news reports and legal contexts. Any everyday object can become a 凶器(きょうき) if used to harm someone.

Common collocations

凶器(きょうき)を持(も)つ (to carry a weapon)
凶器(きょうき)を使(つか)う (to use a weapon)
凶器(きょうき)準備(じゅんび)集合(しゅうごう)罪(ざい) (crime of assembling with weapons prepared — a legal term)
鈍器(どんき) (blunt weapon — a related term)

Writing

The character 凶(きょう) means bad luck or evil, as in 凶悪(きょうあく) (atrocious). 器(き) means instrument or vessel.

Related Words

Compare: 兵器(へいき) (weapon, arms)

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Added 2026.3.12 14:13 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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