殃
yāng
#3,555 most
frequent character
calamity
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
殃 joins 歹, a carcass, as the meaning part with 央 yāng, which matches the sound. It first meant calamity or disaster. That single sense stayed with the character.
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