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Kanji Detail for 嵐 - "storm, tempest, mountain air"

嵐

  • Meaning

    嵐 means "storm, tempest, mountain air."

    1. Storm - A violent weather disturbance.

    2. Tempest - A severe storm with strong winds.

    3. Mountain air - Fresh, clear mountain breeze.

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    • Verified meaning: storm, tempest, mountain air
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あらし, らん, らんらん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 嵐

    Given names 嵐(あらし)Listen 嵐(らん)Listen

    Surnames 嵐(らんらん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    storm; tempest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain mist, mountain haze

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) mountain mist

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mountain mist, mountain haze

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Mountain mist rising. Such as 曉嵐, 夕嵐. Commonly used in poetry. | 岢嵐: A mountain name. Also a county name in Shanxi Province.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ran(ラン) ラン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    arashi(あらし) あらし

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    storm tempest mountain air gale alpine blizzard cyclone gust hurricane lightning monsoon precipitation rain severe weather squall thunder typhoon wind

Sentences including 嵐

  • Many people in africa were killed as a result of the storm.

  • His absence was due to the storm.

  • This wind is a sign of a storm.

  • The electricity failed during the storm.

  • Because of the storm , we were obliged to stay at home.

  • The storm didn't abate for several hours.

  • The storm will make it impossible for the ship to leave port.

  • That was some storm.

  • A storm prevented the plane from taking off.

  • The storm didn't abate for several hours.

More kanji with the radical 山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

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