祸

huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster

How to write 祸, stroke by stroke

old variant of 祸; disaster; misfortune; calamity

Pictophonetic: semantic 礻 (spirit), phonetic 呙

Made of 礻 + 呙

车祸chē huòtraffic accident; car crash
闯祸chuǎng huòto cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
嫁祸jià huòto impute; to shift the blame onto someone else
祸害huò hàidisaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
灾祸zāi huòdisaster
大祸dà huòdisaster; calamity
惹祸rě huòto stir up trouble; to invite disaster
罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
幸灾乐祸xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
人祸rén huòman-made disaster
奇祸qí huòunexpected calamity; sudden disaster
惨祸cǎn huòterrible tragedy; grave mishap

这个男人死于车祸。
zhè ge nán rén sǐ yú chē huò 。
The man died in a car accident.
他光是嫁祸于人家。
tā guāng shì jià huò yú rén jiā 。
He is just passing the blame onto others.
我谨记祸不单行。
wǒ jǐn jì huò bù dān háng 。
I bear in mind that misfortunes never come singly.
他的急脾气迟早会惹祸上身。
tā de jí pí qì chí zǎo huì rě huò shàng shēn 。
His quick temper will get him in trouble one day.
听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。
tīng qǐ lái hǎo xiàng tā shì zhè chǎng zāi nàn de zuì kuí huò shǒu 。
It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.