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灾
烖
zāi
1. variant of [[災|灾<zāi>]]
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

灾
zāi
disaster, catastrophe, calamity
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

受灾
shòuzāi
disaster-stricken
大灾
dàzāi
plague
天灾
tiānzāi
natural disaster
成灾
chéngzāi
disastrous
抗灾
kàngzāi
defense against natural disasters
攘灾
rǎngzāi
to ward off calamities
救灾
jiùzāi
to relieve disaster
旱灾
hànzāi
drought
水灾
shuǐzāi
flood
洪灾
hóngzāi
flood
消灾
xiāozāi
to avoid calamities
减灾
jiǎnzāi
measures to reduce disasters
火灾
huǒzāi
fire (that burns buildings etc)
灾区
zāiqū
disaster area
灾场
zāichǎng
disaster area
灾害
zāihài
disastrous damage
HSK 5
灾后
zāihòu
after a catastrophe
灾情
zāiqíng
disastrous situation
灾星
zāixīng
comet or supernova viewed as evil portent
灾殃
zāiyāng
disaster

Alternate Entries

灾
zāi
disaster / calamity
灾
zāi
old variant of [[災|灾<zāi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,348
Word Frequency Rank
4,092 of 84,292

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