EntryJLPT N3
  1. Noun

    remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. アラ

    他人のあらばかり探す嫌な人である。
    He is a very irritating critic of others.
  2. flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. rice chaff

  4. Prefix

    rough

  5. crude; raw; natural; wild

Also written 荒【あら】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

coarse, rough, rugged

Kun
あら.いあら-
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1689 of 2500
Radical
rice
WaniKani
Level 55

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-6-5SKIP code
6b5.2The Kanji Dictionary
9791.0Four corner code
1073deroo
7c97Unicode hex code
1-33-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3473Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4394New Nelson (John Haig)
1329New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1683Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
895Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1214Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1777Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1915Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1619A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1724Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26898Morohashi
1508A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1084Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1611Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1469Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1560Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1496Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1793Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cu1Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level