calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
禍 centers on harmful events or forces that bring suffering: calamity, misfortune, evil, or a curse. The common thread is something bad that befalls a person.
禍 combines 示 (altar, spirit) with 咼, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of harm or disaster. The character expresses calamity or misfortune as something of spiritual or supernatural origin.
The left side 示 suggests a spiritual altar, and the right side 咼 looks like a twisted, ominous shape. Picture a cursed offering on the altar that brings calamity and misfortune.
For カ, imagine a car crashing into the altar, causing a calamity: car -> カ, and the disaster unfolds.
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
disaster; calamity; misfortune
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
ominous; sinister; unlucky; ill-omened
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
COVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis
traffic disaster; traffic accident
god of evil; god who causes many disasters
ravages of war
good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
the great evil god
unforeseen misfortune
delighting in the misfortune of others
disaster; calamity; trouble
flood disaster; drowning
be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth
White Peril (i.e. takeover by white race(s))