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荒

laid waste
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingあ.らす、あ.れる、あら.い、すさ.ぶ、すさ.む、あ.らし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. laid wasteRtK
  2. rough
  3. rude
  4. wild
  1. to lay waste
  2. to devastate
  3. to damage
  4. to invade
  5. to break into

Popular Usage

荒い荒らす荒っぽい

Radicals and components

Radical艸grassComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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wreath · flowers (艹) · deceased · perish · top hat (亠) · fishhook · stream · flood

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 527

Compound words

荒いあらい
rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse
荒らすあらす
to lay waste; to devastate; to damage; to invade; to break into
荒っぽいあらっぽい
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rude; rough (e.g. work)
荒波あらなみ
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
荒廃こうはい
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
荒木あらき
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
荒野こうや
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain
荒れあれ
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
荒れるあれる
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become dilapidated
荒々しいあらあらしい
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff
荒らげるあららげる
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
吹き荒れるふきあれる
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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