嵐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

storm, tempest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ラン
Kun (native)
  • あらしJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぞれ
Other languages
  • 拼音lan2
  • 한글ram
  • Hán-ViệtLam

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5D50

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山風

Words using this kanji

  • あらし(あらし)暴風雨。storm, tempest, uproar, hullabaloo
  • 嵐気らんき湿気を含んだ山の空気。mountain mist, mountain air
  • 嵐が丘あらしがおかWuthering Heights (novel by Emily Bronte)
  • 嵐の大洋あらしのたいよう月面の表側の北西部に位置する、月面で最大の海。Oceanus Procellarum (lunar mare), Ocean of Storms
  • 嵐を呼ぶあらしをよぶto cause a commotion, to create a big stir
  • 嵐の前の静けさあらしのまえのしずけさ大事や変事を前にして、奇妙に平穏であること、または、今は平穏であるが、それは大事や変事の前触れであるということ。calm before the storm, lull before the storm

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-9
Four Corner
2221.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o9.4
Heisig
839
Nelson
1431