简体
繁體
pīnyīn
ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
zāi
disaster, calamity
Archaic variant of 灾. Phonosemantic compound. 才 (cái) represents the sound and 戈 (weapon) represents the meaning, alluding to a war calamity.
才 Sound component
cái
talent
戈 Meaning component
gē
spear
𢦔
disaster; calamity
Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)
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