Hanja Analyzer
荒

荒 — hwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
거칠 황
Romanization
hwang
English
wasteland, desert; uncultivated
Mandarin
huāng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あ.らす あ.れる あら.い すさ.ぶ すさ.む あ.らし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,099 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
艸 (140, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+8352

How 荒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 荒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 巟.

Korean example words with 荒

  • 황파荒波 Korean gloss: 거친 물결
  • 황야荒野 Korean gloss: 버려두어 거친 들판
  • 황원荒遠 Korean gloss: 멀고 먼 변경(邊境)
  • 황음荒淫 Korean gloss: 함부로 음탕한 짓을 함
  • 전황錢荒 Korean gloss: 돈이 잘 융통되지 아니하여 귀함
  • 구황救荒 Korean gloss: 기근 때 굶주림을 면하도록 주는 곡식
  • 황폐荒廢 Korean gloss: 집, 토지, 삼림 따위가 거칠어져 못 쓰게 됨
  • 비황備荒 Korean gloss: 흉년이나 재앙으로 인한 불행 따위에 대비하여 미리 준비함. 또는 그 준비
  • 황년荒年 Korean gloss: 농작물이 예년에 비하여 잘되지 아니하여 굶주리게 된 해. 수해(水害), 한해(旱害), 한해(寒害), 풍해(風害), 충해(蟲害)
  • 황잡하다荒雜 Korean gloss: 거칠고 잡되다
  • 황막하다荒漠 Korean gloss: 거칠고 을씨년스럽다
  • 황락하다荒落 Korean gloss: 거칠고 아주 쓸쓸하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 荒

  • 荒木あらき logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber
  • 荒廃こうはい ruin; destruction; devastation
  • 荒れるあれる to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin
  • 荒波あらなみ raging waves; stormy seas; hardships
  • 荒れあれ stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
  • 荒らすあらす to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
  • 荒らげるあららげる to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
  • 荒野こうや wasteland; wilderness; deserted land
  • 荒療治あらりょうじ rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment
  • 大荒れおおあれ great storm; very severe weather; upset
  • 荒らし回るあらしまわる to wreak damage on; to cause trouble to; to ravage
  • 荒っぽいあらっぽい wild; violent; rough-mannered

Other hanja read “황”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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