祸 Strokes Write it Listen 祸 huò misfortune, disaster, calamity HSK 7–9 11 strokes Radical 礻 Sound + meaning 3 words Built from礻meaningshìspirit呙soundguōto chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth How it works礻 hints at the meaning (spirit), and 呙 guō hints at the sound.