災 (zoi1 | zai1) : calamity; disaster; catastrophe

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災

zoi1

zai1

[n] calamity; disaster; catastrophe

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

災 / 灾

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 13:06

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水災 seoi2 zoi1 shui3 zai1 = flood (calamity)

災害 zoi1 hoi6 zai1 hai4 = scourge

災荒 zoi1 fong1 zai1 huang1 = famine (due to crop failure)

災難 zoi1 naan6 zai1 nan4 = disaster; catastrophe

救災 gau3 zoi1 jiu4 zai1 = to help people in a disaster area

賑災 zan3 zoi1 zhen4 zai1 = relief people in stricken areas

災民 zoi1 man4 zai1 min2 = disaster victims

火災 fo2 zoi1 huo3 zai1 = fire (that burns buildings, etc.)

災區 zoi1 keoi1 zai1 qu1 = disaster area, stricken region

災情 zoi1 cing4 zai1 qing2 = condition / effect / situation of a disaster
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 災
Unicode code for this character: U+707D (off-site link)

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