Kanji1 / 7
災 kanji
disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
サイ
Kun readings
わざわい
Variant forms
灾烖Words with 災
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —災害割増特約accidental death rider; AD; accidental death benefit rider
- —災害対策本部disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
- —東日本大震災Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
- —特定非常災害specified disaster; disaster of extreme severity; large-scale (natural, etc.) disaster identified as especially disruptive
- —災害情報ハブdisaster information hub
- —防災行政無線government emergency radio system for disaster prevention and relief
- —災害図上訓練disaster simulation exercise; disaster imagination game; DIG
- —自主防災組織local disaster prevention organization
- —災害用伝言板emergency message board; disaster message board; online service used to report and check the safety status of people affected by a disaster
- —災害拠点病院emergency hospital for disaster response
- —災害援護資金disaster assistance fund; disaster relief fund; disaster aid fund
- —防災リュックemergency backpack; emergency bag; go-bag
- —関東労災病院Kanto Rosai Hospital
- —中央防災会議Central Disaster Prevention Council
- —防災気象情報Disaster Prevention Weather Information; disaster-related advisories issued by the JMA
- —災害対策基本法Basic Act on Disaster Management
- —東北関東大震災Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
- —新防災気象情報New Disaster Prevention Weather Information (revised system of weather warnings and advisories introduced by the JMA in May 2026)
- —ボストン糖蜜災害Boston Molasses Disaster (January 15, 1919); Great Molasses Flood
- —住宅用火災警報器smoke detector (residential); smoke alarm