荒
desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
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Dict coverage rank #1,145 U+8352
How 荒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
芒 (semantic, “grass”) + 川 (phonetic, chuān)
How to remember it
wasteland · Heisig RSH #1725
芒 mango + flood
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 川
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 川 (chuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 川 sound component | chuān | stream, river |
| 顺 | shùn | to submit to, to obey, to go along with |
| 训 | xùn | to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis |
| 驯 | xùn | tame, obedient, docile |
| 钏 | chuàn | bracelet, armlet |
| 氚 | chuān | tritium |
Words containing 荒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地老天荒 | dì lǎo tiān huāng | see 天荒地老[tian1 huang1 di4 lao3] |
| 天荒地老 | tiān huāng dì lǎo | (idiom) until the end of time |
| 荒无人烟 | huāng wú rén yān | desolate and uninhabited (idiom) |
| 北大荒 | běi dà huāng | the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China) |
| 破天荒 | pò tiān huāng | unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever |
| 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | (idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos |
| 荒怪不经 | huāng guài bù jīng | absurd; unthinkable |
| 荒山 | huāng shān | desert mountain; barren hill |
| 荒地 | huāng dì | wasteland; uncultivated land |
| 电荒 | diàn huāng | shortage of electricity |
| 开荒 | kāi huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 色荒 | sè huāng | wallowing in lust |
| 荒年 | huāng nián | year of famine |
| 包荒 | bāo huāng | to be tolerant; to be forgiving; to conceal; to cover |
| 荒原 | huāng yuán | wasteland |
| 荒草 | huāng cǎo | weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland |
| 落荒而逃 | luò huāng ér táo | to flee in defeat; to bolt |
| 荒岛 | huāng dǎo | barren or uninhabited island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4] |
| 文化荒漠 | wén huà huāng mò | cultural desert |
| 荒山野岭 | huāng shān yě lǐng | wild, mountainous country |