禍福

Reading

Kana: かふく

Romaji: kafuku

Definition

noun

1

fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

Kanji

禍

Readings: カ、 わざわい

Meanings: calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

福

Reading: フク

Meanings: blessing, fortune, luck, wealth

Example Sentence

禍福(かふく)は糾(あざな)える縄(なわ)の如(ごと)し。

➥When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.