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荒 · laid waste, rough

荒 is a kanji meaning laid waste, rough, rude, wild. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • コウkō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • あらすarasu
  • あれるareru
  • あらいarai
  • すさぶsusabu
  • すさむsusamu
  • あらしarashi

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 荒 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 荒
WordReadingMeaningLevel
荒廃こうはいruinN3
荒いあらいrough, rude, wildN2
荒れるあれるto be stormy, to be rough, to be ruinedN2
荒らすあらすto damage; to invadeN1
荒っぽいあらっぽいrough, rudeN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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