禍

calamity; misfortune; evil; curse

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2010.

Readings

• カ (on reading): コロナ禍 (コロナか) COVID-19 pandemic; 禍 (か) disaster
• わざわい (kun reading): 禍の府 (わざわいのふ) sink of iniquity; 病は口より入り禍は口より出ず (やまいはくちよりいりわざわいはくちよりいず) be moderate with your mouth

Components

• 礻
• 咼
• 冂 radical open box, upside down
• 口 radical mouth
• ⺭ radical altar, left-side form of 示

Words using 禍

• コロナ禍 (コロナか) COVID-19 pandemic
• 禍 (か) disaster
• 戦禍 (せんか) war damage
• 禍根 (かこん) root of an evil
• 災禍 (さいか) disaster
• 禍の府 (わざわいのふ) sink of iniquity
• 病は口より入り禍は口より出ず (やまいはくちよりいりわざわいはくちよりいず) be moderate with your mouth
• 禍々しい (まがまがしい) ominous
• 大禍時 (おおまがとき) twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
• 禍 (まが) wickedness
• 禍津日神 (まがつひのかみ) god who causes calamities
• 禍事 (まがごと) mishap

45 words in all.

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