Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
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:
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

7 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
Kun:
きも
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 肝硬変 【カンコウヘン】 cirrhosis (of the liver)
  • 肝炎 【カンエン】 hepatitis
  • 肺肝 【ハイカン】 lungs and livers, depths of one's heart, innermost heart
  • 脂肪肝 【シボウカン】 fatty liver

Kun reading compounds

  • 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)
  • 群肝 【むらぎも】 internal organs, entrails
  • あん肝 【あんきも】 monkfish liver, goosefish liver

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • punto vital
  • hígado
  • ánimo

Portuguese

  • fígado
  • vísceras
  • nervo
  • chutzpah

French

  • foie
  • cran
  • courage
  • audace
1096 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1410 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3731 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1516 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1666 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
408 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1272 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1346 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1107 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1022 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
563 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1664 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29273 Morohashi
841 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4762 New Nelson (John Haig)
1649 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1778 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1134 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3955 2001 Kanji
4b3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
7124.0 Four corner code
1-20-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
809d Unicode hex code