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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- zai1
- English meanings
- disaster, calamity, old variant of 災|灾[zai1]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 宀; bottom 火.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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again
in
to slaughter livestock
to grow
disaster
carry; load
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Related words
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- 受灾
- 救灾
- 旱灾
- 水灾
- 火灾
- 灾区
- 灾害
- 灾难