荒 — laid waste, rough, rude, wild

Readings

On'yomi

コウ

Kun'yomi

あら.いあら-あ.れるあ.らす-あ.らしすさ.む

Example words

• 荒すあらす(1) to lay waste; to devastate; to damage (2) to invade; to break into (3) to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
• 荒れるあれる(1) to be stormy; to be rough (2) to be ruined; to fall into ruin (3) to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper
• 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
• 荒っぽいあらっぽいrough; rude
• 荒いあらいrough; rude; wild