禍
禍 — Calamity
calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiわざわい (wazawai)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 禍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| コロナ禍 | コロナか koronaka | COVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis |
| 惨禍 | さんか sanka | calamity; disaster; catastrophe |
| 禍根 | かこん kakon | root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble |
| 戦禍 | せんか senka | war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war |
Study notes
禍 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2010 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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