Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 7

災

Meaning in English

disaster, calamity, woe

Readings

Onyomi: サイ Kunyomi: わざわ.い Romaji: sai / wazawa.i

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

災

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese desastre, calamidade, aflição

Spanish desastre, calamidad, desgracia

Korean 재앙, 참사, 비탄

French désastre, calamité, malheur

Italian disastro, calamità, dolore

German Katastrophe, Unglück, Leid

Indonesian bencana, malapetaka, kesengsaraan

★ Vietnamese tai họa, thảm họa, khổ đau

Thai ภัยพิบัติ, ความหายนะ, ความทุกข์ยาก

Related kanji

N1 烈 retsu / hage.shii ardent, violent, vehement N3 無 mu, bu / na.i nothingness, none, ain't N3 然 zen, nen / shika, shika.ri, shika.shi, sa sort of thing, so, if so N2 焼 shou / ya.ku, ya.ki, ya.ki-, -ya.ki, ya.keru bake, burning, griller N1 焦 shou / ko.geru, ko.gasu, ko.gareru, ase.ru, ji.reru, ji.rasu char, hurry, impatient N1 煮 sha / ni.ru, -ni, ni.eru, ni.yasu boil, cook, mijoter N3 煙 en / kemu.ru, kemuri, kemu.i smoke, fumée, humo N2 照 shou / te.ru, te.rasu, te.reru illuminate, shine, compare N1 煎 sen / sen.jiru, i.ru, ni.ru broil, parch, roast

Words with this kanji

N1 災害 saigai calamity, disaster, misfortune N1 天災 tensai natural calamity, disaster N1 戦災 sensai war damage N2 災難 sainan calamity, misfortune N3 火災 kasai fire, conflagration