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荒 means 'violent'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 966   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-12    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 46    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 112 words   Used in 152 words   Used in 1112 names   Component in 3 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   コウ
Kun
   あらい violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste
Additional readings
Kun    あらっぽい violent, rough   あら-   -あらし   すさむ
Name    ら
Notes
Bottom component exists as rare kanji 巟 (watery waste)
Components
⿳  艹 (艸) grass  亡 dead  川 river  
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See also
激 violent  茫 vast  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 荒 is used 11 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 荒 is used 137 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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コウ : 28 words FIND ALL
こ う や 1
noun
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land
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あらい : 73 words FIND ALL
あ ら い 0
rough; rude; wild
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あれる : 29 words FIND ALL
あ ら す 0
Most common form: 荒す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
2. to invade; to break into
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すさむ : 5 words FIND ALL
expression, noun
dissolute mind; hardened heart
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ら: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
brave and stalwart man
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An additional 15 less common words include 荒 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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荒
コウ   あらい violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste   
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艹
grass   
亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
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