# 荒 go wild / rough

(flowertop) + 亡 (dying) + 川 (river)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

KOU | Yo mama's COLON is so wild, hella jungle animals get lost in there. Plus it can trumpet like an elephant.

## Mnemonic

| The flowers on the riverbank died when the river went wild during the flood.

## Kunyomi

あら*い | wild or rough - (BOOBOO : not like 'girls gone wild' but like bums or abandoned houses that go wild and have dirt and weeds growing out of them) ★★★☆☆
( が ) あ＊れる | to go wild or feral ★★★☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
流 | flow | WATER | 水
荒 | go wild / rough | FLOWERS | 花

WATER flows, but FLOWERS grow in the wild.

## Used In

- 慌