Kanji1 / 13
禍 kanji
calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カ
Kun readings
わざわい
Variant forms
禍Words with 禍
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —禍根Popularroot of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
- —戦禍Popularwar damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
- —コロナ禍PopularCOVID-19 pandemic; coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 crisis
- —禍disaster; calamity; misfortune
- —黄禍Yellow Peril (alleged threat to Western civilization posed by East Asians); harm caused by dumping human waste from train toilets onto the track
- —禍因cause of trouble
- —禍害evil; harm; mischief
- —禍源source of misfortune
- —禍福fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
- —災禍disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
- —惨禍calamity; disaster; catastrophe
- —舌禍careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement; slip of the tongue
- —白禍White Peril (i.e. takeover by white race(s))
- —兵禍ravages of war
- —輪禍traffic accident; automobile accident
- —筆禍troubles brought on by what one has written
- —薬禍harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
- —赤禍the Red Peril
- —水禍flood disaster; drowning
- —奇禍unforeseen misfortune