Keyword
desolate
- wasteland
- desert
- uncultivated
- Frequency
- #1574
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
芒 (grass) gives the meaning and 川 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
荒谬
absurd; ridiculous
饥荒
crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
荒唐
beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
荒
desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
荒废
to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)
荒野
wilderness
荒诞
beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
荒地
wasteland; uncultivated land
荒漠
desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
荒芜
left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild
荒凉
desolate
荒岛
barren or uninhabited island
荒原
wasteland
荒山
desert mountain; barren hill
开荒
to open up land (for agriculture)
破天荒
unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever
落荒而逃
to flee in defeat; to bolt
蛮荒
savage; wild; uncivilized territory
灾荒
natural disaster; famine
拾荒
to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living
垦荒
to open up land (for agriculture)
荒漠化
desertification
拓荒
to open up land (for agriculture)
荒诞不经
absurd; preposterous; ridiculous