灾 zāi disaster; calamity
Made up of [火 huǒ fire radical 86, 宀 mián roof radical 40]Made with 7 strokes.
What could be more a potent picture of a disaster? Just 'fire' put under a 'roof' and you have the concept of 'calamity'
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Also uses 火 huǒ component: 灯 dēng (lamp) 烤 kǎo (to roast) ; 灭 miè (to extinguish) ; 炮 pào (cannon) ; 秋 qiú (autumn) ; 炸 zhà (to explode)
Also uses 宀 mián component: 安 ān (peace) 宝 bǎo (jewel) ; 定 dìng (to set) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 宫 gōng (palace) ; 官 guān (official) ; 寒 hán (cold) ; 家 jiā (house) ; 客 kè (customer) ; 宁 nìng (better) ; 容 róng (to hold) ; 室 shì (room) ; 实 shí (real) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 它 tā (it) ; 穴 xué (cave) ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 院 yuàn (courtyard) ; 字 zì (letter)
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再 zài (again) ; 在 zài (exist) ; 载 zài (to carry)Pronunciation
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