殃

Phono-semantic compound:

歹 (remains, “death” radical) – semantic, suggesting death, destruction, misfortune.

央 (center, middle) – phonetic element, lending the sound “앙.”

Together, the character conveys the sense of a destructive force or fatal calamity.

Semantic range:

- disaster, catastrophe;

- personal misfortune, dire consequence.

殃禍 (앙화) – calamity, misfortune

禍殃 (화앙) – disaster, suffering

遭殃 (조앙) – to suffer calamity, to be victimized