殃 yāng misfortune
misfortune; disaster; calamity
How to remember 殃: 歹 bare bones + 央 center = misfortune. Nothing but bare bones is left in the center of the picnic blanket after the dog's visit, and the kids call the afternoon a misfortune.
Component breakdown
殃 = 歹 bare bones + 央 center
- 歹 bare bones
- 央 center
Nothing but bare bones is left in the center of the picnic blanket after the dog's visit, and the kids call the afternoon a misfortune.
How it is used
- Calamity/disaster brought upon someone - 遭殃 (zāoyāng), to be struck by disaster / suffer for it: 城门失火，殃及池鱼 (chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāng jí chíyú), a city-gate fire dooms the fish in the moat, i.e. innocent bystanders get dragged in (祸国殃民 to bring ruin on the nation).