| Kanji | 災 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | サイ |
| Kunyomi | わざわ.い |
| English | disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil |
| Examples | 災害(さいがい): calamity; disaster; misfortune 火災(かさい): conflagration; fire 戦災(せんさい): war damage 天災(てんさい): natural calamity; disaster 災難(さいなん): calamity; misfortune; disaster |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | 5 |
| Frequency | 976 |
| Components | 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 火: fire |
| Number of Strokes | 7 |
| Kanji Radical | 火 |
| Radical Number | 86 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | disaster |
| Koohii Story 1 | What a disaster! First a FIRE, then on top of it came FLOODs. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Don´t know about Japan, but here in Australia, flooding rivers and bushfires are the most common natural disasters. |
| RTK Index (new) | 179 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade5, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_nature_weather
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