Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 禍

禍

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Meaning

 disaster, calamity, misfortune

Pronunciation

 KA
wazawai

Explanation

 Left: to show, altar 示/礻, right: vertebrae (骨 =backbone, skeleton)

Mnemonic

At the altar only a vertebrae was donated, which caused the disaster.

Radicals

礻 to show, altar(The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.)
骨 bone
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