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Kanji: 災
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KANJI

災

7 strokes

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	火(灬) Radical name: ひへん (れんが）
Meaning:	Disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 1000 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	火災(かさい)	conflagration, fire
N2	災難(さいなん)	calamity, misfortune
N1	災害(さいがい)	calamity, disaster, misfortune
N1	戦災(せんさい)	war damage
N1	天災(てんさい)	natural calamity, disaster

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