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荒
On'yomi
コウ
KOU
Kun'yomi
あ.らす・あ.れる・あら.い・すさ.ぶ・すさ.む・あ.らし
arasu / areru / arai / susabu / susamu / arashi
laid waste · rough · rude · wild
powerful
Details
Strokes9
Frequency#1099
Radical艸grass(6)
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Strokes9
Component Breakdown
荒=
艹巟
grass + 巟
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of grass, perish, and river. Grass perished.
Symbolism
Wasteland, ruin, become rough. Represents becoming wild.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
荒唐無稽
こうとうむけい
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous; absurd
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; all nature being bleak and desolate
流連荒亡
りゅうれんこうぼう
spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home
Proverbs & Idioms
荒波を乗り越える
あらなみをのりこえる
To ride out the rough waves
Overcoming turbulent times