殃 Stroke Order — How to Write 殃
殃 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 歹, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
殃 Radical and Character Components
殃 is a phono-semantic compound: 歹 (death) carries the meaning, while 央 indicates the sound.
Radical: 歹 + 5 more strokes
殃 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- yāng
Meanings of 殃 in Chinese
yāng殃
Words with 殃
- zāi灾yāng殃Disaster; calamity.
- zāo遭yāng殃Suffer disaster, Be afflicted
- yāng殃jí及affect, implicate
- yāng殃chéng成yuán员problematic member, harmful member
- rǔ辱shè社yāng殃mín民Disgracing the nation and harming the people., Harmful to society and its citizens.
Idioms with 殃
- yāng殃jí及chí池yú鱼caught in the crossfire
- bìng病bing病yāng殃yāng殃sickly and weak
- huò祸guó国yāng殃mín民bring disaster to the country and people
- yāng殃guó国huò祸jiā家bring calamity upon community and ruin family
- bìng病guó国yāng殃mín民harm the nation and its people
- chéng城mén门yú鱼yāng殃innocent bystanders suffer collateral damage
- chí池yú鱼zāo遭yāng殃Innocent people suffer due to others' actions
- chí池yú鱼zhī之yāng殃suffer undeserved calamity due to others
- dù蠹guó国yāng殃mín民undermine the country and harm the people
- fēi飞yāng殃zǒu走huò祸unexpected calamity
- hèng横yāng殃fēi飞huò祸unexpected misfortune and sudden disaster
- rě惹huò祸zhāo招yāng殃bring trouble or misfortune upon oneself
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Open the tool →Questions about 殃
What does 殃 mean in Chinese?
殃 (yāng) means “To suffer harm or misfortune” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 殃?
殃 is pronounced yāng in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 殃 have?
殃 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 殃?
殃 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 歹. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 殃?
The radical of 殃 is 歹, and 殃 is a phono-semantic compound.