灾

zāi · zai

Traditional 災 / 烖 / 菑

Meaning

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zāi 災

  1. disaster; calamity

zāi 烖

  1. variant of 災 / 灾 (zāi)

zāi 菑

  1. old variant of 災 / 灾 (zāi)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)场(chǎng)灾(zāi)让(ràng)全(quán)村(cūn)人(rén)都(dōu)失(shī)去(qù)了(le)家(jiā)园(yuán)。

This disaster left everyone in the village without a home.

02

地(dì)震(zhèn)带(dài)来(lái)的(de)灾(zāi)比(bǐ)人(rén)们(men)预(yù)想(xiǎng)的(de)更(gèng)严(yán)重(zhòng)。

The disaster brought by the earthquake was more serious than people had expected.

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