This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、あら.い、あら-、あ.れる、あ.らす、-あ.らし、すさ.む
Romaji: kou, ara.i, ara-, a.reru, a.rasu, -a.rashi, susa.mu
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Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ra
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Meanings

laid waste, rough, rude, wild

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1099
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-6
Korean Reading:  hwang
Chinese Reading:  huang1
Unicode:  8352
JIS:  3953

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2260
Nelson Index: 3941
New Nelson Index: 5034
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k6.18
Four Corner Index: 4421.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1253
Gakken Index: 901
Japanese Names Index: 935
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30953P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0656
Remembering the kanji Index: 488
Kanji Flashcards Index: 866
Kodansha Compact Index: 651
Kanji in Context Index: 1666
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1447
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1950
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 499
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 527
Essential Kanji Index: 1028
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2810
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1957
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1291

Words

(あら)
leftovers (after filleting a fish); rice chaff; flaw (esp. of a person); rough; roughly; crude; raw; natural; wild
荒野 (こうや、あれの、あらの)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land
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
荒れる (あれる)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be ruined; to fall into ruin; to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper
荒地 (あれち、こうち)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land; The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)
荒木 (あらき)
logs in bark; rough wood
荒廃 (こうはい)
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
荒い (あらい)
rough; rude; wild
破天荒 (はてんこう)
unheard-of; unprecedented
荒神 (こうじん)
god of a cooking stove
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