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huò

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huò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huò | huo4
English translation
misfortune, disaster, calamity

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About huò

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

huò

Contains the radical

shì

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

spirit

Etymology of huò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

礻咼

Semantic compound

shì

Phonetic compound

guō

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Words with huò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
车祸 chē huò car crash車禍
huò disaster huò
祸害 huò hài disaster禍害
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu fig. main cause of a disaster罪魁禍首
幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò Schadenfreude幸災樂禍
闯祸 chuǎng huò to make trouble闖禍
惹祸 rěhuò to stir up trouble惹禍
灾祸 zāi huò disaster災禍
祸水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)禍水
祸根 huò gēn root of the trouble禍根
大祸 dà huò disaster大禍
祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng it never rains but it pours禍不單行
天灾人祸 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)天災人禍
人祸 rén huò human disaster人禍
祸国殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)禍國殃民
横祸 hèng huò unexpected calamity橫禍
祸事 huò shì disaster禍事
惨祸 cǎn huò terrible tragedy慘禍
祸首 huò shǒu chief offender禍首
祸患 huò huàn disaster禍患
因祸得福 yīn huò dé fú It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.因禍得福
嫁祸 jià huò to impute嫁禍
祸从口出 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.禍從口出
飞来横祸 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)飛來橫禍

huò Decomposition & Compounds

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