災

zāi

calamity, disaster, catastrophe

How to write 災, stroke by stroke

disaster; calamity; variant of 灾; old variant of 灾

Ideographic: A river 巛 on fire 火

Made of 巛 + 火

災難zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
火災huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
災難性zāi nàn xìngcatastrophic
災禍zāi huòdisaster
災星zāi xīngcomet or supernova viewed as evil portent; (fig.) sb or sth that brings disaster
災害zāi hàicalamity; disaster
天災tiān zāinatural disaster
災變zāi biàncatastrophe; cataclysmic change
災民zāi mínvictim (of a disaster)
牢獄之災láo yù zhī zāiimprisonment
幸災樂禍xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
受災shòu zāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity

火災的原因不明。
huǒ zāi de yuán yīn bù míng 。
The cause of the fire was unknown.
那天晚上發生了火災。
nà tiān wǎn shàng fā shēng le huǒ zāi 。
A fire broke out during that night.
地震災難的受害者非常多。
dì zhèn zāi nán de shòu hài zhě fēi cháng duō 。
The victims of the earthquake disaster are numerous.
這是環境災害。
zhè shì huán jìng zāi hài 。
It's an environmental disaster.
發生旱災的時候，農民很難維持生計。
fā shēng hàn zāi de shí hòu ， nóng mín hěn nán wéi chí shēng jì 。
During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.