荒 – laid waste, rough, rude

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The kanji 荒 means laid waste, rough, rude, wild. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.らす、あ.れる、あら.い、すさ.ぶ、すさ.む、あ.らし (arasu, areru, arai, susabu, susamu, arashi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	あ.らす	arasu
Kun’yomi	あ.れる	areru
Kun’yomi	あら.い	arai
Kun’yomi	すさ.ぶ	susabu
Kun’yomi	すさ.む	susamu
Kun’yomi	あ.らし	arashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 川・艾・亡.

Words using 荒

荒廃こうはいruin荒いあらいrough荒れるあれるto become stormy荒らすあらすto lay waste荒っぽいあらっぽいwild

Example sentences

その国は戦争で荒廃してしまった。

The country was wasted by war.

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僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。

My boss is a slave driver.

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海はますます荒れてきた。

The sea grew wilder and wilder.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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