Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

976 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

Kunyomi: わざわ.い

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

難(さいなん)   mishap, calamity, misfortune

害(さいがい)   calamity, disaster

(しんさい)   earthquake (disaster)

(かさい)   fire (disaster)

(じんさい)   man-made disaster

(てんさい)   natural disaster

(せんさい)   war damage

地(ひさいち)   disaster-struck area

い(わざわい)   calamity, catastrophe, evil

Onyomi Examples

サイガイ calamity, disaster, misfortune

サイナン calamity, misfortune, disaster

ロウサイ work-related injury, work-related illness, work-related death, on-the-job accident, workers' compensation insurance

ボウサイ disaster preparedness, prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster, protection against disaster

Kunyomi Examples

わざわい disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes

いする わざわいする to be the ruin of (a person)