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
灾难
zāinàn
catastrophe
Characters in this word
难 nán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 灾难过去了。 Zāinàn guòqù le. The catastrophe has passed.
- 这是灾难。 Zhè shì zāinàn. This is a catastrophe.
- 灾难很大。 Zāinàn hěn dà. The catastrophe is very big.