漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
荒: laid waste, rough
Also: rude, wild
JLPT N29 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 亡 and 川 are drawn in
9 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 荒野こうや/あらのwasteland, wilderness
- 荒涼たるこうりょうたるdesolate, dreary
- 荒廃するこうはいするfall into ruin
あらすarasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 荒らすあらすlay waste, devastate, damage
あれるareru · kun'yomi
- 荒れるあれるget stormy, get rough, be ruined
- 荒れ地あれちdevastated or wasted land
あらいarai · kun'yomi
- 荒いあらいrough, rude, wild, harsh
- 荒々しいあらあらしいrough, wild, harsh, violent
- 荒っぽいあらっぽいrough, rude
- 手荒なてあらなviolent, rough
Also read すさぶ, すさむ, あらし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亡
Also built on deceased (亡)
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huāng
Same form: 荒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 荒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 荒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huāng 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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