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[n] calamity; disaster; catastrophe Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: 火 (#86)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 | |
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水災
seoi2 zoi1 = flood (calamity)
災害
zoi1 hoi6 = scourge
災荒
zoi1 fong1 = famine (due to crop failure)
災難
zoi1 naan6 = disaster; catastrophe
救災
gau3 zoi1 = to help people in a disaster area
災民
zoi1 man4 = disaster victims
火災
fo2 zoi1 = fire (that burns buildings, etc.)
災區
zoi1 keoi1 = disaster area, stricken region
災情
zoi1 cing4 = the situation of a disaster
災殃
zoi1 joeng1 = a disasterSee all 24 compounds |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/748/]災[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/748/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">災</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 災
Unicode code for this character: U+707D (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/748/]災[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/748/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">災</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 災
Unicode code for this character: U+707D (off-site link)
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- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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