7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N1

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

Kun'yomi
  • disaster
On'yomi
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

サイ 75.6%
わざわ 24.4%

Character Breakdown

disaster, calamity, woe
サイ わざわ.い (5th, N1)
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 707D
JIS X 0208 1-26-50
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1448
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3400
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2206
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2734
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1400
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1888
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 167
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 179
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1061
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 788
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18879
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 680
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1335
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1418
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 789
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1510
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 707
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 667
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 873
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1263
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 169
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d3.3
Four corner code 2280.9
De Roo Code 2762