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嵐

storm
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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Kun readingあらし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. stormRtK
    彼が死んだ夜は嵐だった。The evening he died was stormy.tatoeba
    二人の沈黙はなんなんだ。これが嵐の前の静けさってやつか。Those two are so quiet it's unsettling. Could this be the quiet before the storm?tatoeba
  2. tempest
  1. uproar
  2. hullabaloo
  3. storm (e.g. of protest)

Synonyms

ストーム暴風

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mountain (山) · wind (風) · gnats · drop (丶) · insect (虫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 839

Compound words

砂嵐すなあらし
sandstorm
山嵐やまあらし
mountain storm
春嵐しゅんらん
spring storm
翠嵐すいらん
the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere
青嵐あおあらし
wind blowing through fresh verdure
大嵐おおあらし
raging storm
夜嵐よあらし
night storm
磁気嵐じきあらし
magnetic storm
嵐の前の静けさあらしのまえのしずけさ
calm before the storm

Additional Examples

突然恐ろしい嵐がやってきた。
Suddenly, a terrible storm came up.tatoeba
天気予報では、嵐になりそうだと言っている。
The weatherman says there is a storm on the way.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 嵐

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