禍か

か

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a serious unfortunate event or state of misfortune. Often used in formal or written contexts. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to indicate a disaster or harmful phenomenon related to that noun.

戦せん争そうは人じん類るいにとって大おおきな禍かだ。
War is a great calamity for humanity.
洪こう水ずい禍かに見み舞まわれた地ち域いきに支し援えんが送おくられた。
Aid was sent to the region struck by the flood disaster.

Expressions

福ふく善ぜん禍か淫いんfortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked
禍か根こんを絶たつstrike at the root of an evil; eradicate the source of trouble
禍福かふくは糾あざなえる縄なわの如ごとしfortune and misfortune are intertwined; good and bad luck alternate

Kanji

禍calamity, misfortune, evil

Related words

災わざわい
災い is a more common and everyday word for misfortune or calamity, while 禍 is more formal and often used in compounds or written language.
災さい難なん
災難 refers to a sudden accident or disaster, often personal, while 禍 can imply a broader or more abstract misfortune.

Word family· 25

禍か根こん
root of evil; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
惨さん禍か
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
戦せん禍か
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
災さい禍か
disaster; calamity; catastrophe
兵へい禍か
ravages of war; war damage; war calamity

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奇き禍か
unforeseen misfortune; unexpected calamity
患かん禍か
disaster; calamity; trouble
水すい禍か
flood disaster; drowning
禍か乱らん
calamity; disturbance; disorder; turmoil
禍か因いん
cause of trouble; root of misfortune
禍か害がい
evil; harm; mischief
禍か源げん
source of misfortune; root of calamity
禍か福ふく
fortune and misfortune; weal and woe
筆ひっ禍か
trouble caused by one's writing

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Written forms

禍かUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
かUsage7%

Etymology

The kanji 禍 is composed of 示 (altar, divine) and 咼 (a phonetic component suggesting a spiral or distortion), conveying the idea of a divine punishment or unnatural disaster. The reading か is the on'yomi.

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