災

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

わざわ.い

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:976

Vocabulary

サイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
火災	カサイ	conflagration; fire
火災保険	カサイホケン	fire insurance
災害	サイガイ	calamity; disaster; misfortune
災難	サイナン	calamity; misfortune; disaster
戦災	センサイ	war damage

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
災い	わざわい	disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
災難に遭う	さいなんにあう	to meet with misfortune
り災	りさい	suffering (from a calamity); affliction
り災者	りさいしゃ	person affected by a disaster; afflicted person; victim; sufferer; survivor
震災記念日	しんさいきねんび	anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

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