殃 (yāng) — disaster, calamity (bound form, used in compounds)
Definition
殃 is a bound form, not used alone — it means 'disaster' or 'calamity' and only appears in compounds like 遭殃 (suffer disaster), 祸殃 (calamity), or 殃及 (bring disaster to).
bound form
disastercalamity (bound form, used in compounds)
Examples
- ，。Rú guǒ bù hǎo hǎo zhǔn bèi, zuì hòu zāo yāng de jiù shì nǐ zì jǐ.If you don't prepare well, in the end you'll be the one who suffers the disaster.
- 殃。Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng gěi rén mín dài lái le shēn zhòng de huò yāng.This war brought deep disaster upon the people.
- ，，。Chéng mén shī huǒ, yāng jí chí yú, zhè cì shì jiàn lián lèi le wú gū de rén.When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer — this incident implicated innocent people.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
殃 puts 歹 on the left and 央 on the right; 央 gives the sound, and 歹 carries the meaning.
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