漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
禍: calamity, misfortune
Also: evil, curse
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 礻altar(meaning)
- 咼(sound)
礻 carries the meaning · 咼 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- コロナ禍コロナかCOVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis
- 惨禍さんかcalamity; disaster; catastrophe
- 禍根かこんroot of an evil; source of a problem
- 戦禍せんかwar damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
Also read わざわい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side禍 calamity · 礻
vs渦 whirlpool · 氵In ChineseSimplified 祸 · traditional, as in Japanese · huò
Japan keeps the traditional form 禍; mainland China simplifies it to 祸.
- Simplified
- 祸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 禍 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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