Japanese Kanji
災sai
disaster · calamity · woe
Grade 5 · JLPT N1 · 7 strokes
Disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil.
災 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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