荒
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desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 荒
- Common rank
- #1,145
- Unicode
- U+8352
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Formation & memory
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Words with 荒
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地老天荒 | see 天荒地老[tian1 huang1 di4 lao3] | |
| 天荒地老 | (idiom) until the end of time | |
| 荒无人烟 | desolate and uninhabited (idiom) | |
| 北大荒 | the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China) | |
| 破天荒 | unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever | |
| 兵荒马乱 | (idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos | |
| 荒怪不经 | absurd; unthinkable | |
| 荒山 | desert mountain; barren hill | |
| 荒地 | wasteland; uncultivated land | |
| 电荒 | shortage of electricity | |
| 开荒 | to open up land (for agriculture) | |
| 色荒 | wallowing in lust | |
| 荒年 | year of famine | |
| 包荒 | to be tolerant; to be forgiving; to conceal; to cover | |
| 荒原 | wasteland | |
| 荒草 | weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland | |
| 落荒而逃 | to flee in defeat; to bolt | |
| 荒岛 | barren or uninhabited island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4] | |
| 文化荒漠 | cultural desert | |
| 荒山野岭 | wild, mountainous country |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 川 — compare how they read.