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禍

Readings

Kana: カ、わざわい
Romaji: ka, wazawai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  113
Frequency:  2010
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-9
Korean Reading:  hwa
Chinese Reading:  huo4
Unicode:  798d
JIS:  3252

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1030
Nelson Index: 3254
New Nelson Index: 4102
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e9.4
Four Corner Index: 3722.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1051
Gakken Index: 1753
Japanese Names Index: 1885
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24766P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0487
Remembering the kanji Index: 1291
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1581
Kodansha Compact Index: 1425
Kanji in Context Index: 1543
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 706
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 945
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1300
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1386
Essential Kanji Index: 1756
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1304
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 649
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1653

Words

災い (わざわい)
calamity; catastrophe; misfortune
戦禍 (せんか)
war damages; ravages of war
豪雨禍 (ごううか)
flood devastation
惨禍 (さんか)
calamity
赤禍 (せっか)
the Red Peril
禍 (まが)
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
舌禍 (ぜっか)
slip of tongue
災禍 (さいか)
accident; calamity; mistake; catastrophe
水禍 (すいか)
flood disaster; drowning
黄禍 (こうか)
Yellow Peril
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