Unicode: U+798D

Pinyin: huò

Definition

* 災害;災難。与"福"相对。 * 罪過;過失。 * 降禍;加害。 * 遭難;受害。 * 毀滅。 * 通"過"。譴責

misfortune, calamity, disaster

Structure

禍 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
31_E15D
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
51_E210
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_798D
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_E13891_E13991_E13A91_E13D91_E13E91_E13B91_E13F91_E13C
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E19D81_E19E81_E19F81_E1A081_E1A181_E1A281_E1A381_E1A481_E1A581_E1A681_E1A781_E1A881_E1A981_E1AA81_E1AB81_E1AC81_E1AD81_E1AE81_E1AF

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC