Kanji

殃

Meaning

misfortune disaster and calamity

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • わざわい disaster
  • ちぎょの わざわい collateral damage

On'yomi

  • よ おう trouble brought on by sins of forebears
  • せきふぜんのいえにはかならずよ おう あり iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
  • よう

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/9

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Component Analysis

殃
misfortune, disaster, calamity
わざわい, オウ, ヨウ
歹
bare bone, bad, wrong...
ガツ, ガチ, タイ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
夕
evening
ゆう, セキ
央
center, middle
オウ
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン
大
large, big
おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

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