荒

荒 — laid waste, rough, rude

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1099 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こう kou
Kun'yomi: あら.い ara.i

あら- ara-

あ.れる a.reru

あ.らす a.rasu

-あ.らし -a.rashi

すさ.む susa.mu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 荒

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