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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

嵐: storm, tempest

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

山 carries the meaning · 風 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

あらしarashi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 嵐あらしstorm; tempest
  • 青嵐あおあらしwind blowing through fresh verdure
  • 砂嵐すなあらしsandstorm

Also read ラン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)山 mountain (meaning) + 葻 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 嵐 (rev. 92161021), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Mountain (山) + wind (風) = a fierce storm brewing high over the mountain peaks.”
From the 風 wind story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
山

Also built on mountain (山)

All 28
風

Also built on wind (風)

All 2

Also read ラン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
嵐 storm · 山
vs楓 maple · 木
嵐 has 山 where 楓 has 木.
In ChineseSimplified 岚 · traditional, as in Japanese · lán

Japan keeps the traditional form 嵐; mainland China simplifies it to 岚.

Simplified
岚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
嵐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lán most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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