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Kanji Detail for 禍 - "calamity"

禍

  • Meaning

    禍 means "calamity." Also associated with disaster.

    1. Calamity - Misfortune; divine punishment; disaster.

    2. To cause harm - To bring misfortune.

  • Words using 禍

    • コロナ禍 コロナか Listen COVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis

  • Four-character idioms with 禍

    • 吉凶禍福 きっきょうかふく Listen good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
    • 幸災楽禍 こうさいらくか Listen delighting in the misfortune of others
    • 禍福得喪 かふくとくそう Listen calamity, good fortune, success and failure
    • 福善禍淫 ふくぜんかいん Listen fortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked; heaven rewards the good and punishes the evil

  • Tattoo check: 禍

    • Verified meaning: calamity
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: disaster
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    calamity misfortune

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    maga(まが) まが

    wazawa.i(わざわ-い) わざわ-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    disaster calamity misfortune adversity affliction bad luck cursed hardship misery mishap setback sorrow tragedy woe

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