荒 — Stroke Order, Readings & Meaning

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

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

laid wasteRtK
彼は荒々しいサッカーの試合の間、鉄の棒で殴られた。He was beaten with an iron rod during a violent soccer match.tatoeba
岩は荒い珪石質である。The rocks are silica stones.wiki
rough
小麦は焙煎し、割砕して荒い粉末状にする。Wheat are smashed and made into rough flour after being roasted.wiki
この時点での隈取は、派手な荒っぽいものであったと思われる。It is believed that Kumadori at this point was gaudy and rough.wiki
rude
wild

to lay waste
to devastate
to damage
to invade
to break into

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass

Components

How it's built

荒

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

吹き荒れるふきあれる

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

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)

wild or untamed horse

Additional Examples

彼は荒れ地を美しい庭に変えた。

He transformed a piece of waste ground into a beautiful garden.tatoeba

彼は金使いが荒い。

He is free with his money.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 荒

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step