荒
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:2
Frequency:1099
Vocabulary
コウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒廃 | コウハイ | ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay |
| 荒野 | コウヤ | wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land |
| 荒城 | コウジョウ | ruined castle |
| 荒天 | コウテン | stormy weather |
| 荒唐無稽 | コウトウムケイ | absurd; nonsensical; preposterous |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒い | あらい | rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing); immoderate; extravagant; reckless |
| 荒っぽい | あらっぽい | wild; violent; rough-mannered; rude; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse; careless |
| 荒らす | あらす | to lay waste; to devastate; to damage; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam |
| 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; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped; to become unruly; to become violent; to go wild; to get out of control; to become unsettled (e.g. of one's life); to become disordered |
| 荒波 | あらなみ | raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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be confused, disconcerted, lose one's head
Grade 8JLPT N/A
芳
balmy, favorable, fragrant, perfume
Grade 8JLPT 1
老
grow old, old age, old man
Grade 4JLPT 3
坑
hole, pit
Grade 8JLPT 1
共
alike, all, and, both, neither, together, with
Grade 4JLPT 3
英
England, English, calyx, hero, outstanding
Grade 4JLPT 4
芽
bud, germ, spear, sprout
Grade 4JLPT 1
茂
be luxuriant, grow thick, overgrown
Grade 8JLPT 1
花
flower
Grade 1JLPT 4
坊
boy, priest, priest's residence
Grade 8JLPT N/A