Keyword
disaster
- misfortune
- calamity
- Frequency
- #1921
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
huò
Mnemonic
礻 (spirit) gives the meaning and 呙 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
车祸
traffic accident; car crash
祸
disaster; misfortune; calamity
罪魁祸首
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
祸害
disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
幸灾乐祸
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
灾祸
disaster
人祸
man-made disaster
祸根
root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
祸首
chief offender; main culprit
天灾人祸
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
闯祸
to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
嫁祸
to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else
大祸
disaster; calamity
祸水
source of calamity (esp. of women)
祸国殃民
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
惹祸
to stir up trouble; to invite disaster
祸患
disaster; calamity
杀身之祸
(idiom) getting killed
祸福
disaster and happiness
黄祸
Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄 (WángLìxióng)
战祸
disastrous conflict; bloody warfare
祸不单行
misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours
祸乱
calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil
祸从口出
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.