灾难 zāinàn▶ disaster

Traditional

災難

Stroke order

灾难 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 灾 — 7 strokes
• 难 — 10 strokes

Characters in 灾难

• 灾 zāi — disaster; calamity
• 难 nàn — disaster; distress; to scold

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 为难Embarrassed
• 艰难difficult
• 难堪Embarrassed
• 难得rare
• 难能可贵Praiseworthy for one’s excellent conduct
• 灾害disaster

灾难 is pronounced zāinàn and means “disaster”.

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