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灾害

zāihài

natural disaster

A storm over a damaged house
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Characters in this word

灾 zāi

Strokes
7
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
宀 roof 火 fire, flame
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

害 hài

Strokes
10
Radical
宀 — roof

Example phrases

  • 灾害来了。 Zāihài lái le. The disaster has come.
  • 我们怕灾害。 Wǒmen pà zāihài. We are afraid of disasters.
  • 灾害很严重。 Zāihài hěn yánzhòng. The disaster is very serious.

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