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荒

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
川 亡 艾
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Kun:
あ.らす、 あ.れる、 あら.い、 すさ.ぶ、 すさ.む、 あ.らし
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1099 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 荒廃 【コウハイ】 ruin, destruction, devastation, waste, decay
  • 荒野 【コウヤ】 wasteland, wilderness, deserted land, prairie, vast plain, wilds, desert, wild land
  • 破天荒 【ハテンコウ】 unheard-of, unprecedented, daring, wild, uninhibited, unconventional, reckless
  • 救荒 【キュウコウ】 famine relief

Kun reading compounds

  • 荒らす 【あらす】 to lay waste, to devastate, to damage, to invade, to break into, to troll (e.g. web forums), to spam
  • 粗筋 【あらすじ】 outline, summary, argument
  • 荒れる 【あれる】 to become stormy, to become rough (of the sea), to fall into ruin, to become neglected, to become dilapidated, to become rough (of skin), to get chapped, to become unruly, to become violent, to go wild, to get out of control, to become unsettled (e.g. of one's life), to become disordered
  • 荒い 【あらい】 rough, wild, violent, rude, coarse, harsh, fierce, heavy (e.g. breathing), immoderate, extravagant, reckless
  • 荒石 【あらいし】 unprocessed stone, rubble
  • 荒ぶ 【すさぶ】 to grow wild, to run to waste, to become degenerate, to become rough (of art, craft, etc.), to lose refinement, to deteriorate (of skill), to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.), to become more severe, to do as one pleases, to amuse oneself, to play around
  • 荒む 【すさむ】 to grow wild, to run to waste, to become degenerate, to become rough (of art, craft, etc.), to lose refinement, to deteriorate (of skill), to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.), to become more severe
  • 荒らし 【あらし】 (Internet) troll, disturber, raising havoc, laying waste, trolling, vandalism, robbery, holdup, robber, thief
  • 荒らし回る 【あらしまわる】 to break into (houses here and there), to rampage
  • 山荒 【やまあらし】 porcupine, hedgehog

Readings

Japanese names:
ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang1
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • áspero
  • tosco
  • rudo
  • salvaje
  • violento
  • desolarse
  • enfurecerse

Portuguese

  • Abandonado no mato
  • selvagem
  • rude

French

  • brutalité
  • dévaster
  • rude
  • sauvage
1253 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
901 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1028 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
866 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
935 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1377 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1464 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1666 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
651 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2810 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1447 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
499 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30953P Morohashi
2260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5034 New Nelson (John Haig)
488 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
527 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1291 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1957 2001 Kanji
3k6.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4421.1 Four corner code
1-25-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8352 Unicode hex code

狂

7 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
犯 王
lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse
Kun:
くる.う、 くる.おしい、 くるお.しい
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 狂 【キョウ】 (some type of) enthusiast, someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
  • 狂気 【キョウキ】 madness, insanity
  • 酔狂 【スイキョウ】 whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
  • 躁狂 【ソウキョウ】 frenzy, delirium, wild excitement, mania

Kun reading compounds

  • 狂う 【くるう】 to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go crazy, to go insane, to get out of order, to go amiss, to malfunction, to become imprecise, to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.), to fall through, to get mixed up, to go crazy (over someone or something), to get enthusiastic, to go wild
  • 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
  • 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuang2
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • locura
  • desorden
  • enloquecer
  • loco
  • demente

Portuguese

  • lunático
  • louco
  • insano
  • confundir

French

  • fou
  • aliéné
  • insensé
  • confusion
1161 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1352 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2872 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
972 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1523 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
366 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
883 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
904 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1513 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1300 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
318 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
241 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
266 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20287 Morohashi
269 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3562 New Nelson (John Haig)
260 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
277 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1141 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2972 2001 Kanji
3g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4121.4 Four corner code
1-22-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72c2 Unicode hex code