Chinese Character 災 Meanings and components.

Form

災

Meaning

災 meaning[3] in English

Disaster.

Calamity.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 災 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (巛) , and surname Huo (火)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with VVF

How to write 災

To write災zai1disaster you should write a combination of 巛chuan1archaic variant … , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吕 shape:

巛 + 火 = 災

災 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 災 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 災, looks as follow:

災
Pinyin:zai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Disaster . Calamity
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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