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禍

calamity
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. calamityRtK
    若い人たちは戦禍というものを頭でしか知らない。Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.tatoeba
    私達はそれを禍とせず最善を尽くして頑張っていかなくてはならない。We'll have to try and make the best of it.tatoeba
  2. misfortune
  3. evil
  4. curse
  1. disaster
  2. trouble
  3. woes

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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altar (示) · jawbone · joint · hood (冂) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1386

Compound words

禍根かこん
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
戦禍せんか
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
コロナ禍コロナか
COVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis
黄禍こうか
Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians)
禍因かいん
cause of trouble
禍害かがい
evil
禍源かげん
source of misfortune
禍福かふく
fortune and misfortune
災禍さいか
disaster
惨禍さんか
calamity
舌禍ぜっか
careless remark
豪雨禍ごううか
flood devastation
禍福は糾える縄のごとしかふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
fortune and misfortune are intertwined

Additional Examples

口は禍の門。
The tongue wounds more than a lance.tatoeba
禍福は糾える縄の如し。
When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 禍

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