Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (禍)
Simplified (祸)
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Historical Evolution
禍
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
禍
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
禍
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
禍
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
禍
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禍
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
祸 / 禍 [huò]
disaster; misfortune; calamity
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (47)
车祸 [chēhuò] #2,363
traffic accident
祸害 [huòhài] #17,530
disaster
罪魁祸首 [zuìkuíhuòshǒu] #13,316
criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
幸灾乐祸 [xìngzāilèhuò] #13,248
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
闯祸 [chuǎnghuò] #18,786
to cause an accident
惹祸 [rěhuò] #18,719
to stir up trouble
灾祸 [zāihuò] #22,634
disaster
祸水 [huòshuǐ] #26,569
source of calamity (esp. of women)
祸根 [huògēn] #30,012
root of the trouble
大祸 [dàhuò] #18,131
disaster
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JAPANESE WORDS (48)
禍々しい [まがまがしい] #9,816
ominous
⭐ 災い [わざわい] #12,335
disaster
災いする [わざわいする] #27,558
to be one's ruin
災禍 [さいか] #29,616
disaster
⭐ 禍根 [かこん] #38,812
root of an evil
禍根を残す [かこんをのこす] #46,662
to create a breeding ground for future problems
⭐ 戦禍 [せんか] #50,636
war damage
惨禍 [さんか] #62,953
calamity
口は災いの元 [くちはわざわいのもと] #72,555
words can lead to disaster
⭐ コロナ禍 [コロナか] #78,228
COVID-19 pandemic
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