Chinese Character Wiki
𡿧

zāi

flood

Pictograph of a flood of water.

Evolution

𡿧 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𡿧 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
𡿧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𡿧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𡿧  

zāi

flood; disaster; catastrophe

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

災

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

災 昔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤə

tsoj

zāi

calamity


Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+21FE7

Shuowen

“，害也。从一雝川。《春秋傳》曰：‘川雝為澤凶。’”


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