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zāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zāi | zai1
English translation
disaster, catastrophe, calamity

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About zāi

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

zāi

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A river chuān  on fire  Huǒ

Etymology of zāi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

巛火

Explanation

Depicts a fire ( Huǒ ) burning a building ( gài ).

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Words with zāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
灾难 zāinàn disaster災難
火灾 huǒ zāi fire (that burns buildings etc)火災
zāi disaster zāi
灾害 zāihài calamity災害
救灾 jiù zāi to relieve disaster救災
灾区 zāi qū disaster area災區
受灾 shòu zāi disaster-stricken受災
自然灾害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster自然災害
幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò Schadenfreude幸災樂禍
灾民 zāi mín victim (of a disaster)災民
灾情 zāi qíng calamity災情
灾祸 zāi huò disaster災禍
减灾 jiǎn zāi measures to reduce disasters減災
水灾 shuǐ zāi flood水災
防灾 fáng zāi disaster prevention防災
旱灾 hàn zāi drought旱災
抗灾 kàng zāi defense against natural disasters抗災
洪灾 hóng zāi flood洪災
天灾 tiān zāi natural disaster天災
重灾区 zhòng zāi qū disaster area重災區
赈灾 zhèn zāi disaster relief賑災
成灾 chéng zāi disastrous成災
灾难性 zāi nàn xìng catastrophic災難性
灾星 zāi xīng comet or supernova viewed as evil portent災星

zāi Decomposition & Compounds

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