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disaster

On-Yomi: サイ — Kun-Yomi: わざわ.い

Elements:

disaster, stream, flood, fire

Heisig story:

Of all of nature's disasters, this kanji picks out two of the worst: floods and fires. To recall the disposition of the elements, think of nature's solution to nature's own problem: a great flood pouring down over a great forest fire.

Koohii stories:

1) [Christine_Tham] 30-7-2007(178): What a disaster! First a FIRE, then on top of it came FLOODs.

2) [Raichu] 2-5-2007(28): Don't know about Japan, but here in Australia, flooding rivers and bushfires are the most common natural disasters.

3) [colonel32] 20-1-2007(26): Godzilla pissing a stream of fire all over Tokyo. That is a disaster!

4) [PepeSeco] 29-2-2008(17): C-autioun-C-aution-C-aution: because of the fire this is now a disaster area.

5) [Marshall3] 21-8-2009(12): There's a flood upstairs, and a fire in the basement. I think it's safe to say that this is a disaster.

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