災
disaster; calamity; woe; curse; evil
7 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 976.
Readings
- サイ (on reading): 火災 (かさい) conflagration; 災害 (さいがい) calamity
- わざわい (kun reading): 災い (わざわい) disaster; 災いする (わざわいする) to be one's ruin
Components
Words using 災
- 火災 (かさい) conflagration
- 災害 (さいがい) calamity
- 関東大震災 (かんとうだいしんさい) Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
- 防災 (ぼうさい) disaster preparedness
- 東日本大震災 (ひがしにほんだいしんさい) Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011)
- 災い (わざわい) disaster
- 災いする (わざわいする) to be one's ruin
- 災いを招く (わざわいをまねく) to bring calamity upon oneself
- 口は災いの元 (くちはわざわいのもと) words can lead to disaster
- 災い転じて福となす (わざわいてんじてふくとなす) to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)
177 words in all.