| 789 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 707 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 680 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1061 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1448 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 788 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1510 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1335 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1418 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 873 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1263 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2734 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1400 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1888 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 169 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18879 | Morohashi |
| 2206 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3400 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 167 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 179 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 667 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
976 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 災害 【サイガイ】 calamity, disaster, misfortune
- 災難 【サイナン】 calamity, misfortune, disaster
- 労災 【ロウサイ】 work-related injury, work-related illness, work-related death, on-the-job accident, workers' compensation insurance
- 防災 【ボウサイ】 disaster preparedness, prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster, protection against disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 災い 【わざわい】 disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
- 災いする 【わざわいする】 to be one's ruin, to do harm, to cause trouble, to have negative consequences, to bring about a bad outcome
Readings
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- desastre
- calamidad
- catástrofe
Portuguese
- desastre
- calamidade
- desgraça
- maldição
- mau
French
- désastre
- catastrophe
- calamité
- malheur
| 2762 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2280.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 707d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 禍 【カ】 disaster, calamity, misfortune
- 禍根 【カコン】 root of an evil, source of a problem, source of trouble, cause of misfortune
- コロナ禍 【コロナカ】 COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus crisis, COVID-19 crisis
- 惨禍 【サンカ】 calamity, disaster, catastrophe
Kun reading compounds
- 災い 【わざわい】 disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
- 災いする 【わざわいする】 to be one's ruin, to do harm, to cause trouble, to have negative consequences, to bring about a bad outcome
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- calamidad
- desgracia
- infortunio
Portuguese
- calamidade
- desgraça
- mal
- maldição
French
- calamité
- malchance
- mal
- malédiction
| 1051 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1753 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3254 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1756 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1581 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1885 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1809 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1948 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1543 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1425 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1304 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 945 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1300 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24766P | Morohashi |
| 1030 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4102 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1291 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1386 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1653 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 649 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4e9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 3722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 798d | Unicode hex code |