Entry
  1. Noun

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

    禍福は糾える縄の如し。
    When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

calamity, misfortune, evil, curse

Kun
わざわい
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2010 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 59

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4e9.4The Kanji Dictionary
3722.7Four corner code
649deroo
798dUnicode hex code
1-18-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3254Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4102New Nelson (John Haig)
1030New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1304Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1291Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1386Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1753A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1885Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1756Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24766PMorohashi
1051A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1809Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1948Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1581Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1653Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1543Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1425Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1300Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo4Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
59WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

blessing, fortune, luck, wealth

On
フク
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
467 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

としとみふきふっぼくよし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4e9.1The Kanji Dictionary
3126.6Four corner code
676deroo
798fUnicode hex code
1-42-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3256Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4105New Nelson (John Haig)
1029New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1303Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
705Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1090Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1171Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1888Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
629Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24768PMorohashi
386A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1379Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1466Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
506sakade
777Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
409henshall3
424Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
895Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1427Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1099Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
bogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level