荒 : Laid waste

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Components:

艹亡川

laid waste, rough, rude, wild

On 'yomi:

コウ(kou)

Kun 'yomi:

あら.い(ara.i) あら-(arā) あ.れる(a.reru) あ.らす(a.rasu) -あ.らし(a.rashi) すさ.む(susa.mu)

Nanori:

ら(ra)

Strokes:	9
Radical:	艸 (140)
Usage Rating:	1099

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	8

Unicode:	08352
jis208:	25-51

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荒 Usage examples

吹き荒ぶ(ふきすさぶ)	to play (a flute, etc.) for fun, to rage
荒らし回る(あらしまわる)	to break into (houses here and there), to rampage
荒れ(あれ)	stormy weather, tempest, chaps (of skin)
荒れた(あれた)	wild, neglected, rough (e.g. skin)
荒れ地を拓く(あれちをひらく)	to open up unbroken land
金遣いの荒い(かねずかいのあらい)	extravagant, wasteful of money
荒んだ心(すさんだこころ)	dissolute mind, hardened heart
吹き荒む(ふきすさむ)	to blow violently
荒れ球(あれだま)	wild ball (usually a pitcher with poor control)
荒ら屋(あばらや) 荒ら家(あばらや) 荒屋(あばらや) 荒家(あばらや)	small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls), my home, hovel, miserable shack
荒む(すさむ)	to grow wild, to run to waste
肌荒れ(はだあれ) 肌荒(はだあれ)	dry skin, bad skin, rough skin, unhealthy skin
荒くれ(あらくれ)	rough fellow, rowdy person, rowdy
荒ごなし(あらごなし)	rough preparation, spadework
荒挽き(あらびき) 荒びき(あらびき)	coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain), minced (e.g. meat)
荒涼落莫(こうりょうらくばく)	scene looking desolate and forlorn
益荒猛男(ますらたけお)	brave and stalwart man
満目荒涼(まんもくこうりょう)	all nature being bleak and desolate, scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see
流連荒亡(りゅうれんこうぼう)	being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
気が荒い(きがあらい)	bad-tempered, quarrelsome
荒治療(あらちりょう)	drastic measure or treatment (common mistake or alternative version)