yāng

calamity

evil (歹) + sound yāng (央) = calamity

歹 signals death, harm, and evil — the semantic core that marks 殃 as a word of ruin. 央 mainly gives the sound yāng and does not carry the calamity meaning.

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DeathSemantic

洪水来了,附近的村子都遭了。

hóng shuǐ lái le, fù jìn de cūn zi dōu zāo yāng le。

The floodwaters came, and the nearby villages all suffered calamity.

城门失火,及池鱼,旁边的人也受了影响。

chéng mén shī huǒ, yāng jí chí yú, páng biān de rén yě shòu le yǐng xiǎng。

When the city gate catches fire, calamity reaches the fish in the moat — the people nearby were also affected.

Words with 殃

遭殃

zāo yāng

to suffer a calamity

城门失火,殃及池鱼

chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer

德不配位,必有灾殃

dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng

calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status

殃及

yāng jí

to bring disaster to

灾殃

zāi yāng

disaster

病国殃民

bìng guó yāng mín

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

病殃殃

bìng yāng yāng

looking or feeling sickly

病病殃殃

bìng bing yāng yāng

seriously ill

祸国殃民

huò guó yāng mín

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

积恶余殃

jī è yú yāng

Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).

More characters with 歹