禍福

かふく

Meanings

1. Noun fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

Kanji

• 禍 calamity. Read as カ.
• 福 fortune. Read as フク.

Words containing 禍福

• 吉凶禍福 (きっきょうかふく) good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
• 禍福得喪 (かふくとくそう) calamity, good fortune, success and failure
• 禍福は糾える縄のごとし (かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし) fortune and misfortune are intertwined

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