灾 zāi

灾 (zāi) is a Chinese character with 7 strokes, taught at HSK level 5. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Pinyin: zāi
Strokes: 7
Level: HSK level 5
Component: 火

Meaning

灾 means disaster; calamity in English.

Meanings in 13 languages
English	disaster; calamity
Spanish	desastre
Portuguese	desastre
French	catastrophe
German	Katastrophe
Italian	disastro
Russian	бедствие
Arabic	كارثة
Hindi	आपदा
Indonesian	bencana
Vietnamese	tai họa
Japanese	災い
Korean	재앙

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 灾 loaded.

Characters at the same level

眠 mián 辛 xīn 秒 miǎo 鼻 bí 稍 shāo 葡 pú 萄 táo 惜 xī 丢 diū 搞 gǎo 唯 wéi 肯 kěn