災 – disaster, calamity, woe

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#976 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 災 means disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わざわ.い (wazawai). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	わざわ.い	wazawai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・巛.

Words using 災

火災かさいconflagration災難さいなんcalamity災害さいがいcalamity天災てんさいnatural disaster戦災せんさいwar damage

Example sentences

火災の理由は何か。

What caused the fire?

Tatoeba #186714

人生に災難は付き物。

Accidents will happen.

Tatoeba #144018

嵐は、多くの災害を引き起こした。

The storm caused a lot of damage.

Tatoeba #78419

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦焼照炎煙炭烈熟

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