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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
凶荒
xiōnghuāng
(literary) famine
包荒
bāohuāng
to be tolerant
丧荒
sānghuāng
mourning ceremonial
垦荒
kěnhuāng
to open up land (for agriculture)
抛荒
pāohuāng
to lie idle (of arable land)
拓荒
tuòhuāng
to open up land (for agriculture)
拾荒
shíhuāng
to glean
灾荒
zāihuāng
natural disaster
熟荒
shúhuāng
abandoned land
烧荒
shāohuāng
to clear waste land or forest by burning
粮荒
liánghuāng
famine
色荒
sèhuāng
wallowing in lust
荒僻
huāngpì
desolate
荒原
huāngyuán
wasteland
荒唐
huāngtáng
beyond belief
HSK 6
荒地
huāngdì
wasteland
荒寒
huānghán
desolate and cold
荒岛
huāngdǎo
barren or uninhabited island
荒废
huāngfèi
to abandon (cultivated fields)

Metadata

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

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