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災

JLPT N1 SL5 7 strokes Frequency: #976

Meanings

Disaster, Calamity, Woe, Curse, Evil

Radicals

火

Decomposition

⿱巛火

Etymology

Ideographic: A river 巛 on fire 火

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left

2 curve right-to-left

3 curve right-to-left

4 dot bottom-to-top

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わざわ wazawa

Words Using This Kanji

157 words total

Other (20 words)

火災かさい

conflagration

核災害かくさいがい

nuclear disaster

公務災害こうむさいがい

accidents in line of duty

災難に遭うさいなんにあう

to meet with misfortune

災いわざわい

disaster

災厄さいやく

calamity

災害さいがい

calamity

災禍さいか

disaster

災難さいなん

calamity

三災さんさい

the three calamities: fire, flood and storm

自然災害しぜんさいがい

natural disaster

震災地しんさいち

area of an earthquake disaster

震災しんさい

earthquake disaster

人災じんさい

man-made calamity

戦災せんさい

war damage

大災害だいさいがい

great disaster

天災てんさい

natural disaster

被災者ひさいしゃ

person affected by a disaster

被災ひさい

suffering (from a disaster)

火災保険かさいほけん

fire insurance

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