こう
荒
はい
廃

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. ruin, destruction, devastation, waste, decay.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こう
荒
はい
廃
 荒廃 こうはい ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

laid waste, rough, rude
あら.い　あ.らす　コウ (Early Jr. High, N2)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
a watery waste, to reach
deceased, the late, dying
ボウ　な.い　モウ (6th, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ　セン　か (1st, N5)
abolish, obsolete, cessation
ハイ　すた.れる (Early High School, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
departure, discharge, publish
ハツ　ホツ　た.つ (3rd, N4)
dotted tent radical (no. 105)
ハツ (Kentei 1)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)