The kanji 荒: meaning, readings and stroke order

荒

Meaning: rough, wild
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: あら（い） arai、あ（れる） areru、あ（らす） arasu
Strokes: 9
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dữ dội, hoang (hoang)
Japanese: あらい。あれる。
Korean: 거칠다, 황폐하다 (황)
Chinese: 粗暴、荒芜

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

荒こう野や
wilderness
荒こう野やをこえて進みます。
We cross the wilderness.

あら（い） arai · kun reading

荒あらい
rough, wild
今日は波が 荒あらいです。
The waves are rough today.

あ（れる） areru · kun reading

荒あれる
to be stormy, to get wild
海が 荒あれて います。
The sea is stormy.

あ（らす） arasu · kun reading · less common

荒あらす
to damage, to ruin
いのししが畑を 荒あらします。
Wild boars ruin the fields.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.