huò

misfortune

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
礻 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

spirit

呙 sound component

  Sound component

guōwāi

  

chat

Evolution

祸 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
祸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
祸 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
祸 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

huò

misfortune, calamity, disaster; disaster; misfortune; calamity

() 

huò

old variant of |[huò]

Most common words with 祸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

车祸

car crash

disaster

祸害

disaster

罪魁祸首

fig. main cause of a disaster

幸灾乐祸

Schadenfreude