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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

磯

17 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
丶 ノ 口 幺 戈 石
seashore, beach
Kun:
いそ
On:
キ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1444 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 磯 【いそ】 (rocky) beach, seashore
  • 磯辺 【いそべ】 seashore, beach, food wrapped in nori
  • 築磯 【つきいそ】 artificial reef
  • 荒磯 【あらいそ】 reefy coast, windswept and wave-beaten shore

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 そ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • playa rocosa

Portuguese

French

1518 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3221 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1920 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2177 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
839 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24465 Morohashi
1242 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4049 New Nelson (John Haig)
2594 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2640 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3359 2001 Kanji
5a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-12 SKIP code
1265.3 Four corner code
1-16-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78ef Unicode hex code