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Translingual
Han character
嵐 (Kangxi radical 46, 山 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山竹弓戈 (UHNI ), four-corner 22217 , composition ⿱山 風 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 316 , character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8289
Dae Jaweon: page 617, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 788, character 9
Unihan data for U+5D50
Usage notes
Note the difference in meaning in Chinese ("mountain mist " ) and Japanese ("storm " ).
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
嵐
*b·ruːm
葻
*b·uːm
釩
*pʰomʔ
汎
*pʰoms, *bum
凡
*bom
帆
*bom, *boms
颿
*bom, *boms
軓
*bomʔ
梵
*bloms, *bum
芃
*boːŋ, *bum
風
*plum, *plums
飌
*plum
楓
*plum
猦
*plum
偑
*plum
檒
*plum
瘋
*plum
諷
*plums
堸
*blum
渢
*blum
鳳
*bums
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *b·ruːm ): semantic 山 ( “ mountain ” ) + abbreviated phonetic 葻 ( OC *b·uːm)
Pronunciation
Note :
nam5 - Shantou;
lam5 - Chaozhou.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
嵐
Reading #
1/1
No.
2910
Phonetic component
凡
Rime group
侵
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
婪
Old Chinese
/*b·ruːm/
Definitions
嵐
( literary ) mountain mist
Used in place names.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
嵐
(Jōyō kanji )
fresh energy from the mountains
storm , tempest
Readings
Compounds
嵐( らん ) 気( き ) ( ranki , “ mountain mist , mountain air ” ) 嵐( らん ) 山( ざん ) ( Ranzan , “ Storm Mountain ” ) 嵐( らん ) 翠( すい ) ( ransui ) 煙( えん ) 嵐( らん ) , 烟( えん ) 嵐( らん ) ( enran ) 香( こう ) 嵐( らん ) 渓( けい ) ( Kōrankei ) 秋( しゅう ) 嵐( らん ) ( shūran , “ autumn storm ” ) 春( しゅん ) 嵐( らん ) ( shunran , “ spring storm” ) 翠( すい ) 嵐( らん ) ( suiran , “ green storm ” ) 晴( せい ) 嵐( らん ) ( seiran , “ mountain vapor ” ) 青( せい ) 嵐( らん ) ( seiran , “ blue storm ” ) 夕( せき ) 嵐( らん ) ( sekiran , “ evening storm ” ) 毘( ひ ) 嵐( らん ) ( hiran ) 五十( いが ) 嵐( らし ) ( Igarashi , surname )
Etymology 1
/arasi/ → /araɕi/
From Old Japanese .
Derivation theories include:
Compound of 荒ら ( ara , “ desolate , sparse ” , archaic ) + 風 ( shi , “ wind ” , obsolete ) .
From 荒らし ( arashi , “ destroyer ” ) , the 連用形 ( ren'yōkei , “ stem or continuative form ” ) of verb 荒らす ( arasu , “ destroy , ruin ” ) .
Apophonic form of 颪 ( oroshi , “ wind blowing down from the mountains ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
嵐( あらし ) • (arashi )
a storm , tempest :
a windstorm
905 , Kokin Wakashū (book 5, poem 249; also Hyakunin Isshu , poem 22)
吹( ふ ) く からに秋( あき ) の草( くさ ) 木( き ) のしをる ればむべ 山( やま ) 風( かぜ ) を嵐( あらし ) といふ らむfuku kara ni aki no kusaki no shiorureba mube yama-kaze o arashi to iuran The plants of autumn droop and wither at its touch―that explains, of course, why a wind from the mountains has come to be called a storm .[ 3]
Synonyms: 嵐の風 ( arashi no kaze ) , 暴風 ( bōfū )
a rainstorm
嵐( あらし ) の神( かみ ) 、ケラノスArashi no Kami, KeranosuKeranos, God of Storms
Synonym: 暴風雨 ( bōfūu )
a magnetic storm
Synonyms: 磁気嵐 ( jiki arashi ) , 地磁気嵐 ( chijiki arashi )
( figurative ) a difficulty , discord , strife
激( はげ ) しい感( かん ) 情( じょう ) の嵐( あらし ) hageshii kanjō no arashi an uproar of emotion
( archaic , obsolete ) Short for 嵐の日 ( arashi no hi ) : the first day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar
Derived terms
嵐( アラシ ) 草( グサ ) ( arashigusa ) 嵐( あらし ) 子( こ ) ( arashiko ) 嵐( あらし ) の風( かぜ ) ( arashi no kaze ) 嵐( あらし ) の大( たい ) 洋( よう ) ( Arashi no Taiyō , “ Oceanus Procellarum ” ) 嵐( あらし ) の日( ひ ) ( arashi no hi ) 嵐( あらし ) 山( やま ) ( Arashiyama ) 青( あお ) 嵐( あらし ) ( aoarashi , “ wind blowing over fresh verdure ” ) 朝( あさ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( asārashi ) 芋( いも ) 嵐( あらし ) ( imoarashi ) 宇( う ) 宙( ちゅう ) 線( せん ) 嵐( あらし ) ( uchūsen arashi , “ cosmic ray storm” ) 大( おお ) 嵐( あらし ) ( ōarashi , “ raging storm” ) 毛( け ) 嵐( あらし ) ( kearashi ) 砂( さ ) 塵( じん ) 嵐( あらし ) ( sajin arashi , “ duststorm , sandstorm ” ) 小( さ ) 夜( よ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( sayo arashi , “ strong nighttime wind” ) 地( じ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( jiarashi ) 磁( じ ) 気( き ) 嵐( あらし ) ( jiki arashi , “ magnetic storm” ) 砂( すな ) 嵐( あらし ) ( sunārashi , “ sandstorm ” ) 太( たい ) 陽( よう ) 嵐( あらし ) ( taiyō arashi , “ solar storm” ) 地( ち ) 磁( じ ) 気( き ) 嵐( あらし ) ( chijiki arashi , “ magnetic storm ” ) 初( はつ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( hatsuarashi ) 花( はな ) 嵐( あらし ) ( hanārashi ) 鼻( はな ) 嵐( あらし ) ( hanārashi ) 春( はる ) 嵐( あらし ) ( haruarashi ) 肱( ひじ ) 川( かわ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( Hijikawa Arashi ) 山( やま ) 嵐( あらし ) ( yamārashi , “ mountain storm; judo throwing technique” ) 夕( ゆう ) 嵐( あらし ) ( yūarashi ) 雪( ゆき ) 嵐( あらし ) ( yukiarashi ) 夜( よ ) 嵐( あらし ) ( yoarashi , “ night storm” ) 四( よ ) 方( も ) の嵐( あらし ) ( yomo no arashi ) 夜( よ ) 半( わ ) の嵐( あらし ) ( yowa no arashi )
Idioms
Proverbs
Proper noun
嵐( あらし ) • (Arashi )
a female given name
a surname
Etymology 2
/ram/ → /ramʉ/ → /ran/
From Middle Chinese 嵐 (MC lom ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
嵐( らん ) • (Ran )
a female given name
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō
^ Helen Craig McCullough (1985 ) Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry : with Tosa Nikki and Shinsen Waka , illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN , page 63
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 嵐 (MC lom ). Recorded as Middle Korean 남 ( nam ) (Yale : nam ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
嵐 (eumhun 남기 (嵐氣 ) 람 , word-initial (South Korea) 남기 (嵐氣 ) 남 )
hanja form? of 람 , 남 ( “ mountain mist ” )
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원 , Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon ) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表 , Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo ), page 11.