Entry
  1. Noun

    physical labor; physical labour; manual work; heavy work

  2. drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power

Also written 荒技【あらわざ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

laid waste, rough, rude, wild

Kun
あ.らすあ.れるあら.いすさ.ぶすさ.むあ.らし
On
コウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1099 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
3k6.18The Kanji Dictionary
4421.1Four corner code
1957deroo
8352Unicode hex code
1-25-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3941Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5034New Nelson (John Haig)
2260New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2810Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1447Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1950Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
488Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
527Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
901A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
935Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1028Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30953PMorohashi
1253A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1377Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1464Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
866Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1291Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
651Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
499Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huang1Pinyin reading
hwangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

business, vocation, arts, performance

Kun
わざ
On
ギョウゴウ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
43 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

なりのぶ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-8SKIP code
0a13.3The Kanji Dictionary
3290.4Four corner code
1064deroo
696dUnicode hex code
1-22-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
143Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2789New Nelson (John Haig)
2612New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3227Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1674Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2265Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1792Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1931Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
54A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2024Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
292Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15170Morohashi
260A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
279Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
279Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380sakade
199Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
278henshall3
419Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
74crowley
307Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.1busy_people
1066Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1809Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ye4Pinyin reading
eobKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level