禍 — kanji meaning “calamity”
禍
calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
- Meanings
- calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- わざわい
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2010 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- huò — Chinese character page
Words with 禍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 惨禍 | さんか sanka | calamity; disaster; catastrophe |
| 禍々しい | まがまがしい magamagashii | ominous; sinister; unlucky |
| 災禍 | さいか saika | disaster; accident; calamity |
| 舌禍 | ぜっか zekka | careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement |
| 禍福 | かふく kafuku | fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil |
| 奇禍 | きか kika | unforeseen misfortune |
| 黄禍 | こうか kouka | Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians) |
| コロナ禍 | コロナか koronaka | COVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis |
| 禍因 | かいん kain | cause of trouble |
| 禍害 | かがい kagai | evil; harm; mischief |
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