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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1910 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: storm, tempest

Kunyomi: あらし

Onyomi: ラン

Composition: 山 風

嵐

Radical

Radical: 山

Meaning: mountain

Reading: やま

Frequency: 636

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)(alt radical position kanmuri)

山

Examples

Onyomi Examples

嵐気 (ランキ) mountain mist, mountain air

青嵐 (アオアラシ) wind blowing through fresh verdure, mountain air

翠嵐 (スイラン) the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

Kunyomi Examples

嵐 (あらし) storm, tempest, uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change), pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

嵐が丘 (あらしがおか) Wuthering Heights (novel by Emily Bronte)

青嵐 (あおあらし) wind blowing through fresh verdure, mountain air

太陽嵐 (たいようあらし) solar storm

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