EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kun
こうむ.るおお.うかぶ.るかぶ.せる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
431 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ぎぬ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5e5.3The Kanji Dictionary
3424.7Four corner code
667deroo
88abUnicode hex code
1-40-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4225Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5445New Nelson (John Haig)
1163New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
870Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
852A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1410Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34222Morohashi
1729A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1009Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1390Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1145Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1631Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
815Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, pi1Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

Kun
わざわ.い
On
サイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
976 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
4d3.3The Kanji Dictionary
2280.9Four corner code
2762deroo
707dUnicode hex code
1-26-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1448Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3400New Nelson (John Haig)
2206New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1400Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1888Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
167Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
179Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1061A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
788Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18879Morohashi
680A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1335Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1418Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
789sakade
1510Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
707henshall3
667Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
873Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1263Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
169Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zai1Pinyin reading
jaeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level