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災 = 火 + 巛
災 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “disaster”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 巛 (curving river). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 179.
- Keyword
- disaster
- RTK frame
- 179
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わざわ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- катастрофа
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 災 calamity
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 災 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “curving river”. 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.