• 1326th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huāng (huang1)desolate • shortage • scarce • out of practice • absurd • uncultivated • to neglect

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

拓荒者 
荒村 

Uncommon

兵荒马乱 (兵荒馬亂)
拾荒 
破天荒 
荒原 
荒唐 
荒地 
荒岛 (荒島)
荒废 (荒廢)
荒凉 (荒涼)
荒漠 
荒芜 (荒蕪)
荒诞 (荒誕)
荒谬 (荒謬)
荒郊 
荒野 
饥荒 (饑荒)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.