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殃
yāng
1. calamity
Common • Top 17% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

殃
yāng
misfortune, disaster, calamity
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (8)

殃及
yāngjí
to bring disaster to
灾殃
zāiyāng
disaster
遭殃
zāoyāng
to suffer a calamity
HSK 6
病国殃民
bìngguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病病殃殃
bìngbingyāngyāng
seriously ill
祸国殃民
huòguóyāngmín
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
积恶余殃
jīèyúyāng
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
城门失火,殃及池鱼
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,561
Word Frequency Rank
14,453 of 84,292

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