CHINESE CHARACTER

祸 (huò): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

huò

misfortune, disaster, calamity

HSK 511 strokes

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礻

Primary radical

礻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 祸.

呙

Phonetic component

呙 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 11

Write 祸 in 11 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 祸

车祸chēhuò

HSK 5 · traffic accident; car crash

祸害huòhai

HSK 7-9 · disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm

罪魁祸首zuìkuí-huòshǒu

HSK 7-9 · (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

Examples using 祸

车祸

他死于一场车祸。

Tā sǐ yú yì chǎng chē huò。

He was killed in a car accident.

罪魁祸首

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.

FAQ

What does 祸 (huò) mean in Chinese?

misfortune, disaster, calamity

How do you write 祸 in stroke order?

祸 has 11 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 祸?

礻 is the radical in 祸. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 祸?

车祸 (chēhuò): traffic accident; car crash; 祸害 (huòhai): disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; 罪魁祸首 (zuìkuí-huòshǒu): (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster.