荒

huāng

h+uāng·1st tone

desolate · shortage

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 9 HSK 7-9

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄若荡

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Character Decomposition

荒=芒+川

Etymology

grass

Meanings

desolate

shortage

scarce

out of practice

absurd

uncultivated

to neglect

huāng

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Words with 荒 306 total

to prepare against natural disasters备荒bèi huāng crop failure · famine · debt · difficulty饥荒jī huāng to open up land (for agriculture)开荒kāi huāng alkali wasteland碱荒jiǎn huāng

Idioms with 荒 26 total Chain

(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos兵荒马乱bīng huāng mǎ luàn absurd · preposterous · ridiculous荒诞不经huāng dàn bù jīng ridiculous · unbelievable · absurd荒诞无稽huāng dàn wú jī absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous · the height of folly荒谬绝伦huāng miù jué lún lean year · time of dearth · in hard time荒时暴月huāng shí bào yuè preposterous荒唐无稽huāng táng wú jī