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禍 = 礻 + 咼
禍 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “calamity”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 咼 (jawbone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1386.
- Keyword
- calamity
- RTK frame
- 1386
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わざわい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- бедствие
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 禍 misfortune
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 禍 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “jawbone”. 禍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 禍 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.