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

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
广
Variants:
recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1082 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薦挙 【センキョ】 recommendation
  • 仙骨 【センコツ】 sacrum, sacral bone, hermitry, appearance of a hermit, unworldliness, unusual physique, outstanding appearance
  • 他薦 【タセン】 recommendation (by others)
  • 自薦 【ジセン】 self-recommendation, self-nomination, putting oneself forward

Kun reading compounds

  • 勧める 【すすめる】 to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge, to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest, to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
こも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • recomendación
  • consejo
  • recomendar
  • aconsejar

Portuguese

  • recomendar
  • esteira
  • aconselhar
  • encorajar
  • oferecer

French

  • recommander
  • natte
  • conseiller
  • encourager
  • proposer
1499 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1389 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4067 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1748 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1707 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1631 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1741 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1411 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
670 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3008 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2019 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32143P Morohashi
2373 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5219 New Nelson (John Haig)
2000 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2156 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1849 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1950 2001 Kanji
3k13.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
3-6-11 SKIP code
3-6-10 SKIP code
2-3-14 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-33-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85a6 Unicode hex code