禍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 祸

Pronunciation

Pinyin: huò
Cantonese: wo5 wo6
JapaneseKun: WAZAWAI
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: HWA
Vietnamese: hoạ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: misfortune, calamity, disaster

CE-Dict: disaster/misfortune/calamity

Soothill: Woe, calamity, misfortune.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.disasters; calamities
2.to bring disaster to

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: disaster; misfortune; ruin

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: disaster; misfortune; ruin

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《示部》禍害也，神不福也。从示咼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】禍
〔古文〕旤𥚍𣨷𥙯【唐韻】【正韻】胡果切【集韻】戸果切【韻會】合果切，𠀤和上聲。【說文】害也，神不福也。【釋名】毀也，言毀滅也。【增韻】殃也，災也。【詩·小雅】二人從行，誰爲此禍。【禮·表記】君子愼以避禍。　又作旤。【前漢·五行志】六畜謂之旤，言其著也。　又作祻。【晉書·文帝紀】𥚽同發機。　又叶後五切，戸上聲。【馮衍·顯志賦】昔三后之純粹兮，每季世而窮禍。弔夏桀於南巢兮，哭殷紂於牧野。野，音豎。　又叶紙韻，虎委切。【荀子·成相篇】世之禍，惡賢士，子胥見殺百里徙。　又叶支韻，許規切。【荀子·成相篇】論臣過，反其施，尊主安國尚賢義，距諫飾非，愚而上同，國必禍。義叶宜。

CF-Dict: causer du malheur à/malheur/désastre

Han-De-Dict: Desaster, Katastrophe (u.E.) (S)/Unglück, Unheil (u.E.) (S)