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灾 (zāi): Calamity — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 6 Recognition 6 Writing 6

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Animated Stroke Order 灾

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2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

How to Use 灾

Calamity as Core Meaning

Words where 灾 carries the central meaning of disaster or catastrophe.

灾害 • zāi hài • damage; disaster; calamity • HSK 5

HSK 5

6.

Example Sentences

chí持

xù续

de的

hàn旱

zāi灾

dǎo导

zhì

Information

Pinyinzāi

Meaningcalamity, disaster, catastrophe

Strokes7

Radical火

Traditional災

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Frequency#1764

Zhuyinㄗㄞ

UnicodeU+707E

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A house (宀) consumed by fire (火) — a calamity or disaster bringing destruction.

zāi灾

hài害

damage; disaster; calamity

灾难 • zāi nàn • calamity; disaster; catastrophe • HSK 6

HSK 6

zāi灾

nàn难

calamity; disaster; catastrophe

旱灾 • hàn zāi • drought • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

hàn旱

zāi灾

drought

火灾 • huǒ zāi • serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

huǒ火

zāi灾

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

Calamity as Object in Verb-Object Compounds

Compounds where 灾 functions as the object of an action verb.

受灾 • shòu zāi • disaster-stricken • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

shòu受

zāi灾

disaster-stricken

救灾 • jiù zāi • to relieve disaster • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

jiù救

zāi灾

to relieve disaster

致

liáng粮

shí食

yán严

zhòng重

duǎn短

quē缺

。

The persistent drought has caused a severe food shortage.

hóng洪

shuǐ水

gěi给

cūn村

zhuāng庄

dài带

lái来

le了

jù巨

dà大

de的

zāi灾

huò祸

。

The flood brought great calamity to the village.

xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

xùn迅

sù速

gǎn赶

dào到

huǒ火

zāi灾

xiàn现

chǎng场

。

Firefighters quickly arrived at the fire scene

Zhè这

chǎng场

dà大

zāi灾

ràng让

hěn很

duō多

rén人

shī失

qù去

le了

jiā家

yuán园

。

This great calamity caused many people to lose their homes.

zhè这

chǎng场

zì自

rán然

zāi灾

hài害

zào造

chéng成

le了

jù巨

dà大

sǔn损

shī失

。

This natural disaster caused huge losses

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Characters pronounced "zai".

哉zāifinal exclamatory particle
崽zǎia child, a servant; a diminutive
栽zāito plant, to grow
在zàiin; at; on
仔zǎismall thing, careful, or young animal
载zǎito carry, to record, or a year

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "火".

炯jiǒngbright, brilliant, clear; hot
炳bǐngbright, luminous; glorious
炽chìburning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious
烬jìncinders, ashes, embers; remnants
炙zhìroast, broil; toast; cauterize
烽fēngsignal fire; tower where signal

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