zāi

disaster; calamity; variant of zāi

HSK 5 #1349

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1349th character
Radical ⽕ (86.3)
Strokes 7
Index # 883
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

灾 zāi
  1. 1. disaster
  2. 2. calamity
  3. 3. variant of zāi
  4. 4. old variant of zāi

Stroke order

灾 stroke order diagram
灾 stroke order animation

Words containing 灾

Word Meaning
disaster; calamity
disaster; catastrophe
fire (that burns buildings etc)
to gloat over others’ bad luck
natural disaster
disaster
disaster area; stricken region
flood; flood damage
to be hit by a natural calamity; disaster-stricken
natural disaster
comet or supernova viewed as evil portent
drought
to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims
disaster prevention; to protect against natural disasters
to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious
to turn into a disaster; disastrous
destruction of crops by pest insects; insect damage
fig. rampant; in plague proportions; lit. to flood (idiom)
victim (of a disaster)
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
flood
plague of locusts
defense against natural disasters
famine; natural disaster
area particularly hard-hit by a disaster; disaster area
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