嵐
Let’s learn Japanese character 嵐。
今回の漢字は『嵐』⛈ 🌩
嵐 - あらし a storm, a tempest
雪嵐 - ゆきあらし a snowstorm
(※ 吹雪 - ふぶき a blizzard)
砂嵐 - すなあらし a sandstorm
嵐気 - らんき the mountain mist
嵐山 - あらしやま Arashiyama, famous beauty spot near Kyōto
※ 雷神 - らいじん Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder, 1/2 of the fearsome Weather Gods duo (the other being Fūjin 風神, the God of Winds); a Japanese Thor 😊
Check out this depiction of Raijin on the netsuke 根付, a miniature work of art carved from wood, popular in 18th century Japan. Raijin’s attribute is a big drum which is believed to generate those fearsomely loud sounds of thunder!
Signed Toyomasa. Wood, 18th century, Edo Period (1615-1868); The Metropolitan Museum of Art