Chinese Character 灾 Meanings and components.

Form

灾

Meaning

灾 meaning[3] in English

Disaster.

Calamity.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 灾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and surname Huo (火)

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

In cangjie it is written with JF

How to write 灾

To write灾zai1disaster you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 火 = 灾

灾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

灾
Pinyin:zai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Disaster . Calamity
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
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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