災 = 巛 + 火

災 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “calamity”. It is built from 巛 (river) and 火 (fire).

Keyword: calamity
Pinyin (Mandarin): zāi
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: calamity, disaster, catastrophe, катастрофа, disaster, catastrophe
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 災 disaster

Decomposition

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巛 river
火 fire

How to find 災 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “river” + “fire”. 災 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 災 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.