Read Edit View history 𢦔 zāi disaster, calamity Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Archaic variant of 灾. Phonosemantic compound. 才 (cái) represents the sound and 戈 (weapon) represents the meaning, alluding to a war calamity. Pinyin Separate values with commas zāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 𢦔 Simp strokes 𢦔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 𢦔 Simp strokes 𢦔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 𢦔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 237, 641 ], [ 308, 638 ], [ 456, 673 ], [ 494, 671 ] ], [ [ 345, 806 ], [ 384, 769 ], [ 375, 569 ], [ 371, 556 ], [ 359, 546 ] ], [ [ 366, 692 ], [ 378, 660 ], [ 357, 632 ], [ 287, 565 ], [ 234, 538 ] ], [ [ 140, 500 ], [ 168, 493 ], [ 205, 494 ], [ 362, 520 ], [ 709, 591 ], [ 766, 596 ], [ 801, 589 ] ], [ [ 514, 809 ], [ 546, 794 ], [ 570, 771 ], [ 582, 605 ], [ 607, 455 ], [ 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354 538 C 353 508 389 514 392 544 Z", "M 412 650 Q 416 657 411 669 Q 383 702 364 704 Q 355 704 354 693 Q 350 636 262 565 Q 238 550 226 540 Q 216 530 229 531 Q 272 528 350 593 Q 359 606 395 635 L 412 650 Z", "M 345 498 Q 447 522 570 542 L 613 549 Q 709 564 791 575 Q 803 574 812 587 Q 813 600 789 611 Q 752 635 677 610 Q 641 601 607 592 L 564 581 Q 545 578 528 573 Q 458 557 392 544 L 354 538 Q 270 531 145 511 Q 114 507 138 488 Q 174 460 205 468 Q 251 480 304 490 L 345 498 Z", "M 570 542 Q 598 362 652 232 L 673 186 Q 715 95 797 21 Q 858 -31 888 -30 Q 910 -26 902 4 Q 895 53 893 197 Q 892 222 882 223 Q 875 222 869 199 Q 859 162 848 129 Q 838 95 827 94 Q 785 94 708 225 L 684 275 Q 638 384 613 549 L 607 592 Q 595 680 605 757 Q 618 796 564 817 Q 530 832 511 825 Q 492 818 501 800 Q 544 760 545 727 Q 554 649 564 581 L 570 542 Z", "M 652 232 Q 603 172 500 90 Q 493 83 499 79 Q 506 76 517 81 Q 610 118 673 186 L 708 225 Q 777 348 785 363 Q 797 396 822 438 Q 829 447 825 457 Q 818 467 789 485 Q 767 497 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