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Kanji for Calamity
The kanji for “calamity” is 禍, read ka and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
禍
calamity
A disaster that strikes without warning.
13 strokes On reading カ (ka) Kun reading わざわい (wazawai) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka
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