禍
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huò · misfortune, disaster, calamity

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 禍

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Example sentences

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Tā zài yí cì jū huò zhōng shòu shāng le.他在一次車禍中受傷了。

He was injured in a traffic accident.

Source: Tatoeba #876932 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zài jū huò shì gù zhōng zhī shòu le qīng shāng.他在車禍事故中只受了輕傷。

He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.

Source: Tatoeba #1438758 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén dōu bú rèn wéi tā shì shì gù de zuì kuí huò shǒu.我們都不認為他是事故的罪魁禍首。

None of us thought he was to blame for the accident.

Source: Tatoeba #830352 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuó tiān fā shēng le yì chǎng jū huò.昨天發生了一場車禍。

There was a car accident yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #874219 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jū huò shì zěn mó fā shēng de?車禍是怎麼發生的?

How did the traffic accident happen?

Source: Tatoeba #5963252 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā sǐ wū yì chǎng jū huò.他死於一場車禍。

He got killed in an automobile accident.

Source: Tatoeba #875318 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 禍 in context

  1. Say huò, then recall the core meaning: misfortune, disaster, calamity.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 禍 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.