烖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 災灾菑

Pronunciation

Cantonese: zoi1
JapaneseKun: WAZAWAAI
JapaneseOn: SAI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: calamities from Heaven, as floods, famines, pestilence, etc.; misery

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》烖天火曰烖。从火𢦏聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】烖
【集韻】災本字。詳災字註。【禮·中庸】烖及其身者也。　又【詩·大雅】不烖我躬。【箋】烖，謂見誅伐。　又【爾雅·釋詁】烖，危也。　【說文】本作𤈮。从火𢦒。