殃 (yāng): calamity; disaster

Meanings

1 calamity; disaster
2 to bring disaster to; to harm

Characters

殃

yāng

calamity; disaster

Examples

HSK 4

公司破产，员工会遭殃。

Gōngsī pòchǎn, yuángōng huì zāoyāng.

If the company goes bankrupt, the employees will suffer.

HSK 7-9

城门失火，殃及池鱼。

Chéngmén-shīhuǒ, yāngjí chíyú.

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer.

Tips

usage

Core words: 遭殃 (to suffer a disaster) and 殃及 (to bring trouble onto, drag down). The classic line 城门失火，殃及池鱼 describes innocent bystanders harmed by someone else's trouble.

Components

radical

歹 dǎi

bad; bare bones (radical)

Left-side 歹 radical, a picture of stripped bones, used for words about death and misfortune. It frames 殃 as calamity and harm.

phonetic

央 yāng

center; to beg

Right side 央 supplies the exact sound yāng. The same phonetic gives 秧 (rice seedling) and 鸯 (mandarin duck).

Stroke Order

殃 yāng

Related Words

殃及 yāngjí #26,171

to bring disaster to / to harm / to implicate in a calamity

病国殃民 bìngguó-yāngmín

to bring harm to the country and suffering to the people / to be ruinous to nation and citizens alike

遭殃 zāoyāng HSK 7-9 #12,958

to suffer a disaster / to suffer calamity / to be hit by misfortune

劫 jié HSK 7-9 #3,734

to rob / to plunder / calamity / disaster

害 hài HSK 5 #1,494

harm; evil / to cause harm; to be afraid

带来 dàilái HSK 2 #703

to bring / to bring about

祸 huò #6,527

disaster / misfortune / calamity

遇难 yùnàn HSK 7-9 #10,187

to die in a disaster / to perish / to be killed (in an accident or calamity)

误 wù HSK 6 #5,001

mistake; error / to miss; to delay / to harm through error

携带 xiédài HSK 7-9 #4,839

to carry; to bring along / to be equipped with; to carry (a virus, weapon)