Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巟 represents the sound.
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荒
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
荒
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
荒
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荒
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荒
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Modern
Chinese
荒 [huāng]
desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
荒 あら
Ara surname
荒 あらおか
Araoka surname
荒 あらさき
Arasaki surname
荒 あらし
Arashi unclassified name
荒 あらはま
Arahama surname
荒 あらら
Arara unclassified name
荒 あららぎ
Araragi unclassified name
荒 あれ
Are surname
荒 こう
Kō surname
荒 すさむ
Susamu given name
CHINESE WORDS (100)
荒谬 [huāngmiù] #2,585
absurd
荒谬 [huāngmiù] #2,585
absurd
荒唐 [huāngtáng] #3,478
beyond belief
荒野 [huāngyě] #10,111
wilderness
荒地 [huāngdì] #16,479
wasteland
荒凉 [huāngliáng] #17,813
desolate
荒凉 [huāngliáng] #17,813
desolate
荒废 [huāngfèi] #16,159
to abandon (cultivated fields)
荒废 [huāngfèi] #16,159
to abandon (cultivated fields)
荒山 [huāngshān] #54,322
desert mountain
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JAPANESE WORDS (167)
⭐ 荒い [あらい] #2,422
rough
⭐ 荒れる [あれる] #4,881
to become stormy
⭐ 丈夫 [じょうぶ] #6,718
healthy
⭐ 荒らす [あらす] #7,288
to lay waste
⭐ 荒々しい [あらあらしい] #7,307
rough
⭐ 荒野 [こうや] #9,985
wasteland
荒げる [あらげる] #10,252
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude)
吹き荒れる [ふきあれる] #11,480
to blow violently
⭐ 荒らげる [あららげる] #13,134
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude)
荒れ狂う [あれくるう] #13,201
to rampage
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