灾

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See also: 災
灾 U+707E, 灾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-707E
← 災
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 灿 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18881
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2190, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+707E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (災) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
灾 *ʔsɯː
災 *ʔslɯː

Variant of 災.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 灾 – see 災 (“calamity; disaster; catastrophe; personal misfortune; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 災).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

灾

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 災

Readings

  • On (unclassified): さい (sai)
  • Kun: わざわい (wazawai)
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