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旱灾 (hàn zāi) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

旱灾 (hàn zāi) is a Chinese word: drought. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 旱灾

名 míng noun

drought

今年这个地区遭受了严重的旱灾。

jīn nián zhè ge dì qū zāo shòu le yán zhòng de hàn zāi

This year this region suffered a severe drought.

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Word breakdown

旱 hàn — drought, dry, lack of rain

灾 zāi — disaster, calamity

Structure & writing
1 旱 hàn — drought; dry (opposite of 涝)
旱 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.1 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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2 灾 zāi — disaster caused by nature or human activity

灾 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 宀 mián — roof/house radical, shelter
宀 is a component in 48 characters
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2.2 火 huǒ — light and flame from burning; fig. urgent
火 is a component in 45 characters
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