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KanjiN1Grade 5 · 小57 strokesRadical 火

災 · disaster, calamity

災 is a kanji meaning disaster, calamity, woe, curse. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • サイsai

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • わざわいwazawai

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 災 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 災
WordReadingMeaningLevel
火災かさいconflagration, fireN3
災難さいなんcalamity, misfortuneN2
災害さいがいcalamity, disaster, misfortuneN1
天災てんさいnatural calamity, disasterN1
戦災せんさいwar damageN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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7 strokes
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