This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: オウ、ヨウ、わざわい
Romaji: ou, you, wazawai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

misfortune, disaster, calamity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  78
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  ang
Chinese Reading:  yang1
Unicode:  6b83
JIS:  5D4A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2442
New Nelson Index: 2973
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a9.8
Four Corner Index: 1523.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16410
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0742

Words

災い (わざわい)
calamity; catastrophe; misfortune
積不善の家には必ず余殃あり (せきふぜんのいえにはかならずよおうあり)
iniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
余殃 (よおう)
trouble brought on by sins of forebears
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