noun

  1. fortune and misfortune, prosperity and adversity, good and evil, weal and woe.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
禍福 かふく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

calamity, misfortune, evil
わざわい カ (9th, N1)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
crooked mouth, evil, dishonest
カイ ケ クウ (Kentei 1)
cut flesh from bones(剮) variant
カ ケ わ.ける
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
blessing, fortune, luck
フク ふ ふっ (3rd, N3)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
to fill, roll of cloth
フク ヒョク ヒキ
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)