灾害 zāihài▶ desastre

Stroke order

灾害 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 灾 — 7 strokes
• 害 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. calamity
2. disaster

Related words

• 伤害herir, doler
• 危害Daño, dañar
• 利害Interés
• 厉害Feroz, fiero
• 害羞Tímido
• 灾难desastre

灾害 is pronounced zāihài and means “desastre”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 灾害 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.