祸

huò

h+uò·4th tone

disaster · misfortune

Radical: 礻 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

神礼福社祖禅禄祝祥祠祀祈

Same radical

神礼福社祖禅禄祝祥祠祀祈祷祗祚

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Character Decomposition

祸=礻+呙

Etymology

spirit

Meanings

disaster

misfortune

calamity

huò

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Words with 祸 260 total

to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble闯祸chuǎng huò to stir up trouble戳祸chuō huò unexpected calamity横祸hèng huò disaster and happiness祸福huò fú root of the trouble · cause of the ruin祸根huò gēn disaster · harm · scourge · bad person · to damage · to harm · to wreck祸害huò hài calamity and chaos · devastating disorder · great turmoil祸乱huò luàn

Idioms with 祸 103 total Chain

(idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice包藏祸心bāo cáng huò xīn ravaged by successive wars · war-torn · war-ridden兵连祸结bīng lián huò jié sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)飞来横祸fēi lái hèng huò

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