19 Jan - 災 - P: ㄗㄞ - Disaster

Word: 災 - Disaster
Pronounced: ㄗㄞ || Zāi

Building Blocks:
川 - (P: ㄔㄨㄢ || Chuān) - Radical for river or stream
火 - (P: ㄏㄨㄛˇ || Huǒ) - Mouth

Constructing the Character 災:
The three arrows on the top (巛) is a variant of river (川). Therefore disaster (災) is the short form for river (巛) over fire (火)

Expansion
水災 - Flood disaster (Google translates as hurricane)
火災 - Fire disaster
天災 - Natural Disaster

18 Jan - Random Words

More random words. Some from the newspaper, some from my wife correcting me. Here goes:

海巡 - Coast Guard
保全業 - Security (building guards etc.) Industry
保全人員 - Security Guards
長工時 - Long working hours
調查 - Survey or investigate

Our first idiom:
天人交戰 - Internal struggle