Memory phrase for the character: 祸
祸
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Meaning
disaster, misfortune, calamity
Pronunciation
huò
Explanation
Left: to show 礻/示 (= image of an altar), right: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)
Mnemonic
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(At the altar, you should be reverently silent:) At the altar they had chats and gossips which caused the: disaster.
Radicals
示
to show, altar Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
呙
gossip, chat, jaw His mouth 口 is as big as the chest 内, because he likes gossips.
内
inside, inner partical frame 冂 with a person 人 inside.
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Vocabulary
祸害
huò hài
disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
5058
灾祸
zāi huò
disaster
5059
祸根
huò gēn
root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
5060
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
6695
祸不旋踵
huò bù xuán zhǒng
trouble is never far away (idiom)
9298
苞藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
9525
苞藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
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