灾

See also: 災

Translingual

Etymology

Characters in the same phonetic series (災) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
灾	*ʔsɯː
災	*ʔslɯː

Ancient and simplified form of 災.

Han character

灾 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十火 (JF), composition ⿱宀火)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18881
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2190, character 2
• Unihan data for U+707E

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 灾 – see 災 (“calamity; disaster; catastrophe; personal misfortune; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 災).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

灾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 災

Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: わざわい (wazawai)