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JLPT N1 · 13 strokes

The kanji 禍 — “calamity, disaster”

禍 means calamity, disaster and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 13 strokes and uses the deity / shrine radical (礻).

Stroke order · 13 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): カ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): わざわい
Radical: 礻 · deity / shrine
Strokes: 13

How to remember 禍

A curse from the altar (礻) — great disaster. コロナ禍 — the 'Corona era'; this one word made the kanji familiar to everyone!

Example words with 禍

On'yomi readings

コロナ禍ころなかthe Corona era

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