wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
Archaic noun for evil, wickedness, or calamity. Not used in modern everyday speech; appears in classical texts and fixed expressions.
Ancient documents describe rituals to avert calamity.
ominous; sinister; ill-omened · annoying · plausible; appearing true
mishap; misfortune; calamity; disaster · ominous word; ill-omened word
twilight (ominous time)
god of calamities · evil gods (causing sin, etc.)
god of evil; god of many disasters
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic noun.
Alternate kanji form; less common and may be confused with other readings.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 禍 is conventionally associated with calamity and evil.