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Kanji Detail for 災 - "disaster, calamity, fire"

災

  • Meaning

    災 means "disaster, calamity, fire."

    1. Disaster - A calamity; a catastrophic event.

    2. Calamity - A great misfortune; a tragedy.

    3. Fire - Destruction by flames; conflagration.

  • Words using 災

    • 災害 さいがい Listen calamity; disaster; misfortune
    • 火災 かさい Listen conflagration; fire
    • 被災 ひさい Listen suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
    • 防災 ぼうさい Listen disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
    • 労災 ろうさい Listen work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death
    • 大震災 だいしんさい Listen great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
    • 戦災 せんさい Listen war damage
    • 天災 てんさい Listen natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God

  • Four-character idioms with 災

    • 一病息災 いちびょうそくさい Listen one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer
    • 天災地変 てんさいちへん Listen natural disaster
    • 幸災楽禍 こうさいらくか Listen delighting in the misfortune of others
    • 延命息災 えんめいそくさい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
    • 息災延命 そくさいえんめい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
    • 無事息災 ぶじそくさい Listen safe and healthy; health and longevity

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    • Verified meaning: disaster, calamity, fire
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    disaster; calamity; woe; curse; evil

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    calamity, disaster, catastrophe

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    disaster; calamity

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    disaster, catastrophe, calamity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When fire burns buildings. A great fire is called 災. The character was originally written as variant forms. | The calamity of flood and drought. All matters of heaven changing and earth transforming are called 災. As in 災異 (disasters and anomalies). | Misfortune and harm. All unfortunate events are called 災. As in 災厄 (calamity).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    wazawa.i(わざわ-い) わざわ-い

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    disaster calamity fire misfortune accident adversity affliction blaze cataclysm catastrophe crisis damage devastation emergency hardship mishap ruin havoc

Sentences including 災

  • It is an impossible accident.

  • What is the cause of the fire?

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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