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荒
huāng
1. desolate
2. shortage
3. scarce
4. out of practice
5. absurd
6. uncultivated
7. to neglect
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

荒
huāng
wasteland, desert; uncultivated
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

备荒
bèihuāng
to prepare against natural disasters
荒弃
huāngqì
to abandon
荒凉
huāngliáng
desolate
HSK 6
荒淫
huāngyín
licentious
荒漠
huāngmò
barren
荒疏
huāngshū
to be out of practice
荒瘠
huāngjí
desolate and poor
荒草
huāngcǎo
weeds
荒芜
huāngwú
left to return to unchecked growth
荒诞
huāngdàn
beyond belief
荒谬
huāngmiù
absurd
HSK 6
荒遐
huāngxiá
remote region
荒郊
huāngjiāo
desolate area outside a town
荒野
huāngyě
wilderness
蛮荒
mánhuāng
savage
逃荒
táohuāng
to escape from a famine
遐荒
xiáhuāng
out-of-the-way places
开荒
kāihuāng
to open up land (for agriculture)
电荒
diànhuāng
shortage of electricity
饥荒
jīhuāng
crop failure

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,327
Word Frequency Rank
2,146 of 84,292

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