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荒 = 川 + 艹 + 亡
荒 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “laid waste”. It is built from 川 (stream), 艹 (mugwort) and 亡 (deceased). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 527. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- laid waste
- RTK frame
- 527
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あ.らす, あ.れる, あら.い, すさ.ぶ, すさ.む, あ.らし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- отходы, wild
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 荒 wasteland
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 荒
How to find 荒 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stream” + “mugwort” + “deceased”. 荒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 荒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.