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殃
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calamity

HSK 7
Human →Actions →Destruction
yāng
オウ、ヨウ
わざわい
앙
Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.
Components
歹 malicious+ 央 center =
殃 calamity
歹 Meaning component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
央 Phonetic component
yāng center
center, conclude, run out
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Notes
Similar Characters
列 line up死 death歼 wipe (simp)殁 die (simp)殂 to die殄 end殆 perilous殇 young (simp)殉 die for cause殊 dissimilar残 incomplete (jp)殍 to starve to death殒 perish (simp)殓 dress corpse for burial (simp)殖 breed殗 repeated殘 incomplete (trad)殚 entirely (simp)殛 to put to殞 vanish (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
殃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
殃 [yāng]
calamity
Japanese
災い 、 禍 、 殃 (rare) わざわい 同音
noun disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
災いを転じて福としなさい。
Turn your misfortune to account.
CHINESE WORDS (13)
遭殃 [zāo​yāng] #12,958
to suffer a calamity
殃及 [yāng​jí] #26,171
to bring disaster to
祸国殃民 [huò​guó​yāng​mín] #38,470
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
祸国殃民 [huò​guó​yāng​mín] #38,470
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病病殃殃 [bìng​bing​yāng​yāng] #74,277
seriously ill
城门失火，殃及池鱼 [chéng​mén​shī​huǒ​, ​yāng​jí​chí​yú]
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
城门失火，殃及池鱼 [chéng​mén​shī​huǒ​, ​yāng​jí​chí​yú]
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
灾殃 [zāi​yāng]
disaster
灾殃 [zāi​yāng]
disaster
病国殃民 [bìng​guó​yāng​mín]
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (5)
⭐ 災い [わざわい] #12,335
disaster
禍 [か] #28,455
disaster
余殃 [よおう] #307,505
trouble brought on by sins of forebears
池魚の殃 [ちぎょのわざわい]
collateral damage
積不善の家には必ず余殃あり [せきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうあり]
iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
KOREAN WORDS (1)
재앙
disaster; calamity