祸
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disaster; misfortune; calamity
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Dict coverage rank #1,407 U+7978
How 祸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
礻 (semantic, “spirit”) + 呙 (phonetic, wāi)
components: 礻 呙
How to remember it
misfortune · Heisig RSH #2367
altar + esophagus
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 呙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 呙 (wāi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呙 sound component | wāi | to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth |
| 锅 | guō | cooking-pot, saucepan |
| 窝 | wō | cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals |
| 蜗 | wō | snail; Eulota callizoma |
| 剐 | guǎ | to cut; to sever flesh from bone |
| 娲 | wā | a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fuxi |
| 莴 | wō | lettuce |
| 埚 | guō | crucible |
| 脶 | luó | fingerprint |
Words containing 祸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病从口入，祸从口出 | bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū | Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may ca… |
| 祸不单行 | huò bù dān xíng | misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours |
| 大祸临头 | dà huò lín tóu | facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose |
| 有福同享，有祸同当 | yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng | To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse |
| 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú | fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); … |
| 杀身之祸 | shā shēn zhī huò | (idiom) getting killed |
| 包藏祸心 | bāo cáng huò xīn | (idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice |
| 祸从口出 | huò cóng kǒu chū | Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. |
| 祸福无常 | huò fú wú cháng | disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are u… |
| 兵连祸结 | bīng lián huò jié | ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden |
| 飞来横祸 | fēi lái hèng huò | sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom) |
| 因祸得福 | yīn huò dé fú | to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom); a blessing in disguise |
| 天灾人祸 | tiān zāi rén huò | natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) |
| 大祸 | dà huò | disaster; calamity |
| 人祸 | rén huò | man-made disaster |
| 祸水 | huò shuǐ | source of calamity (esp. of women) |
| 祸心 | huò xīn | evil intent; malice |
| 红颜祸水 | hóng yán huò shuǐ | femme fatale |
| 祸事 | huò shì | disaster; doom |
| 车祸 | chē huò | traffic accident; car crash; CL:起[qi3] |