traditional: 災
simplified: 灾
Pinyin: zai [1st sound]
Definition: disaster, calamity
We can see the picture of burning house, ”灾” in the Oracle bone script (jia gu wen) this word have three different alphabets; first ”灾” is a disaster from fire, ”災” is a disaster from flood, and ”烖” is a disaster from weapons and wars.
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