zāi = z + ai1
disaster / calamity
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How to pronounce 災

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ai1 final

In front of the airplane.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

災 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
chuān = chu + an1
archaic variant of 川[chuan1]
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huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
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Characters with 災 as component

災 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 災

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disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
to have one's house burned down / fire disaster

Sentences with 災

災 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zāi

disaster / calamity

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