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災

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • disaster
  • calamity
  • woe
  • curse
  • evil

On'yomi (音読み)

  • サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • わざわ.い
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#833
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
火#86 · fire

Components

Common Words

  • 災害さいがいNoun
    calamity, disaster, misfortune
  • 火災かさいNoun
    conflagration, fire
  • 被災ひさいNoun
    suffering (from a disaster), being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.), falling victim (to)
  • 防災ぼうさいNoun
    disaster preparedness, prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster, protection against disaster
  • 労災ろうさいNoun
    work-related injury, work-related illness, work-related death
  • 大震災だいしんさいNoun
    great earthquake (disaster), highly destructive earthquake
  • 天災てんさいNoun
    natural disaster, natural calamity, act of God
  • 戦災せんさいNoun
    war damage

Practice in Kanjiru

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