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厄
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adversity

HSK 7 N1
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액
Pictograph of a yoke or harness attached to a work animal, such as a horse or ox.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
厄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
厄 [è]
distressed
Japanese
厄 やく 同音

noun

  1. misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster
  2. abbrev. unlucky year; critical year; (explanation) year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (36)
厄运 [è​yùn] #10,451
bad luck
厄运 [è​yùn] #10,451
bad luck
厄瓜多尔 [E​guā​duō​'ěr] #29,048
Ecuador
厄瓜多尔 [E​guā​duō​'ěr] #29,048
Ecuador
厄尔尼诺 [E​'ěr​Ní​nuò] #46,411
El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific
厄尔尼诺 [E​'ěr​Ní​nuò] #46,411
El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific
厄立特里亚 [E​lì​tè​lǐ​yà] #45,570
Eritrea
厄立特里亚 [E​lì​tè​lǐ​yà] #45,570
Eritrea
厄尔尼诺现象 [è​'ěr​ní​nuò​xiàn​xiàng] #47,345
El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
厄尔尼诺现象 [è​'ěr​ní​nuò​xiàn​xiàng] #47,345
El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
26 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 厄介 [やっかい] #2,338
trouble
災厄 [さいやく] #10,563
calamity
厄介事 [やっかいごと] #19,925
troublesome matter
厄介者 [やっかいもの] #26,319
burden
疫病神 [やくびょうがみ] #28,434
god of pestilence
厄災 [やくさい] #29,567
calamity
厄介払い [やっかいばらい] #36,106
driving off a troublesome person
厄日 [やくび] #48,056
unlucky day
⭐ 厄年 [やくどし] #68,345
unlucky year
厄除け [やくよけ] #73,919
warding off evil
19 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
액운
misfortune; bad luck