huāng

to neglect; absurd; desolate

HSK 6 #1328

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1328th character
Radical ⾋ (140.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1412

Definitions

荒 huāng
  1. 1. to neglect
  2. 2. absurd
  3. 3. desolate
  4. 4. uncultivated
  5. 5. scarce
  6. 6. shortage
  7. 7. out of practice

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Words containing 荒

Word Meaning
war chaos; troubled, chaotic times
to open up land (for agriculture)
desert mountain; barren hill
wild, mountainous country
absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous
famine; natural disaster
to clear waste land or forest by burning
to be out of practice; rusty
to prepare against natural disasters
to prepare against natural disasters
wartime chaos; troubled, chaotic times
(literary) famine
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
to cover; to conceal; to be tolerant
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
mourning ceremonial
mourning ceremonial
to open up land (for agriculture)
barren sands of the Gobi desert
barren sands of the Gobi desert
to lie idle (of arable land)
to lie idle (of arable land)
neglect work for play; let work slide