荒 — kanji meaning “laid waste”
荒
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
- Meanings
- laid waste, rough, rude, wild
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- あ.らす、あ.れる、あら.い、すさ.ぶ、すさ.む、あ.らし
- Name readings
- ら
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1099 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- huāng — Chinese character page
Words with 荒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒野 | こうや kouya | wasteland; wilderness; deserted land |
| 荒れる | あれる areru | to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea) |
| 荒木 | あらき araki | logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber |
| 荒れ | あれ are | stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin) |
| 荒らす | あらす arasu | to lay waste; to devastate; to damage |
| 荒い | あらい arai | rough; wild; violent |
| 荒廃 | こうはい kouhai | ruin; destruction; devastation |
| 荒っぽい | あらっぽい arappoi | wild; violent; rough-mannered |
| 荒波 | あらなみ aranami | raging waves; stormy seas |
| 荒々しい | あらあらしい araarashii | rough; wild; rude |
| 荒唐無稽 | こうとうむけい koutoumukei | absurd; nonsensical; preposterous |
| 破天荒 | はてんこう hatenkou | unheard-of; unprecedented |
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