灾

灾

See also: 災

灾 U+707E, 灾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-707E ← 災 [U+707D] CJK Unified Ideographs 灿 → [U+707F]

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

References

• KangXi: page 666, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18881
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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; stricken; disaster-affected; disaster-afflicted”). (This character, 灾, is the simplified and variant form of 災.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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)