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灾

Traditional: 災 · 烖 · 菑

zāi

HSK 3.0 · 5

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zāi · zoi1 (Jyutping)

  1. disaster; calamity
  2. variant of 災|灾[zai1]
  3. old variant of 災|灾[zai1]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

灾

Meaning
calamity, disaster, catastrophe
Radical
火
Strokes
7
Components
⿱宀火
Cangjie
JF
Four-corner
3080

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