禍
See also: 祸
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Translingual
Han character
禍 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火月月口 (IFBBR), four-corner 37227, composition ⿰礻咼)
References
- KangXi: page 844, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24766
- Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2402, character 4
- Unihan data for U+798D
- Unihan data for U+FA52
Chinese
trad. | 禍 | |
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simp. | 祸 | |
alternative forms | 旤 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 禍 | ||
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (冎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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碢 | *l'oːl |
腡 | *ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl |
過 | *kloːl, *kloːls |
渦 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鍋 | *kloːl |
楇 | *kloːl, *ɡloːls |
瘑 | *kloːl |
緺 | *koːl, *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
堝 | *kloːl |
濄 | *kloːl, *qloːl |
鐹 | *kloːlʔ, *kloːls |
薖 | *kʰloːl |
簻 | *kʰloːl, *kr'oːl |
禍 | *ɡloːlʔ |
窩 | *qloːl |
萵 | *qloːl |
檛 | *kr'oːl |
膼 | *kr'oːl |
蝸 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
媧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
騧 | *kroːl, *kʷroːl |
冎 | *kroːlʔ |
剮 | *kroːlʔ |
諣 | *qʰroːls, *qʰʷroːls |
歄 | *kʷroːl |
咼 | *kʰʷroːl |
喎 | *kʰʷroːl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡloːlʔ) : semantic 示 (“sacrifice”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
Pronunciation
Definitions
禍
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- 禍兮福之所倚,福兮禍之所伏 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- huò xī fú zhī suǒ yǐ, fú xī huò zhī suǒ fú [Pinyin]
- Misery! - happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! - misery lurks beneath it!
祸兮福之所倚,福兮祸之所伏 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to bring disaster upon
Synonyms
- (disaster):
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Antonyms
- (disaster): (literary, or in compounds) 福 (fú)
Compounds
Derived terms from 禍
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 禍 | |
Kyūjitai [1] | 禍 禍 or 禍+ ︀ ? | ![]() |
禍󠄀 禍+ 󠄀 ?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
禍󠄃 禍+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
禍
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 禍)
- Calamity
Readings
- Go-on: が (ga)←ぐわ (gwa, historical); わ (wa)
- Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)←くわ (kwa, historical)
- Kun: わざわい (wazawai, 禍い)←わざはひ (wazafafi, historical); まが (maga, 禍)
Noun
禍 • (wazawai)
- Alternative form of 災い
References
- “禍”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Hanja
禍 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)
- disaster, calamity
Vietnamese
Han character
禍: Hán Nôm readings: họa/hoạ, vạ
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