This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サイ、わざわ.い
Romaji: sai, wazawa.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  47
Frequency:  976
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  2-3-4
Korean Reading:  jae
Chinese Reading:  zai1
Unicode:  707d
JIS:  3A52

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2206
Nelson Index: 1448
New Nelson Index: 3400
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d3.3
Four Corner Index: 2280.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 680
Gakken Index: 1061
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18879
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0377
Remembering the kanji Index: 167
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1510
Kodansha Compact Index: 1263
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 707
Kanji in Context Index: 873
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1400
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1888
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 169
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 179
Essential Kanji Index: 788
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2734
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2762
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 789
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 667

Words

災害 (さいがい)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
火災 (かさい)
conflagration; fire
防災 (ぼうさい)
disaster prevention
戦災 (せんさい)
war damage
災い (わざわい)
calamity; catastrophe; misfortune
大震災 (だいしんさい)
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
被災 (ひさい)
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
震災 (しんさい)
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
関東大震災 (かんとうだいしんさい)
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
労災 (ろうさい)
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident; workers' compensation insurance
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