災害

See also: 灾害

Chinese

disaster; calamity
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
 
trad. (災害)
simp. (灾害)

Pronunciation


Noun

災害

  1. disaster; calamity; catastrophe (Classifier: ; ; )

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 5
がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いがい [sàígáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠iɡa̠i]

Noun

(さい)(がい) • (saigai

  1. disaster
    • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:
      Consider the word saigai (災害, disaster), comprised of the kanji characters wazawai (災い, mishap or bad luck) and gai (害, hazard).