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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