災 — kanji meaning “disaster”
災
disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
- Meanings
- disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- わざわ.い
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #976 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- zāi — Chinese character page
Words with 災
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 災害 | さいがい saigai | calamity; disaster; misfortune |
| 火災 | かさい kasai | conflagration; fire |
| 防災 | ぼうさい bousai | disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster |
| 震災 | しんさい shinsai | earthquake disaster |
| 被災 | ひさい hisai | suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to) |
| 災い | わざわい wazawai | disaster; calamity; misfortune |
| 大震災 | だいしんさい daishinsai | great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake |
| 災難 | さいなん sainan | calamity; misfortune; disaster |
| 天災 | てんさい tensai | natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God |
| 労災 | ろうさい rousai | work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death |
| 戦災 | せんさい sensai | war damage |
| 人災 | じんさい jinsai | man-made calamity |
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