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殃 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「歹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
On
オウ・ヨウおう・よう · ō · yō
Kun
わざわいwazawai
Meaning
a calamity

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

歹 "bones" with 央 as phonetic: the calamity that falls on a person.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 災殃さいおう

    a calamity

  • 殃わざわい

    a misfortune

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

民(みん)に災殃(さいおう)が及(およ)ぶのを恐(おそ)れる。

They fear the calamity will reach the people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

災殃殃災disast…殀to die…歿to die殄to ext…殍starvi…殞to fal…幺tiny夭to die…孕to con…汪deep…杳dim
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 歹Map of reading オウAll maps

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