Memory phrase for the character: 荒

荒

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Meaning

uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce

Pronunciation

huāng

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: 巟 (dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), river 川

Mnemonic
 
The plants died due to the river and everything became uncultivated and barren.

Radicals

荒 uncultivatedThe plants 艹 died 亡 due to river 川 and it became uncultivated and barren.
艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
亡 death, to die
川 riverThe water 水 was simplified as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.




 Vocabulary

荒唐 huāng táng  beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
荒谬 huāng miù  absurd; ridiculous
荒地 huāng dì  wasteland; uncultivated land
荒凉 huāng liáng  desolate
饥荒 jī huāng  crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
荒淫 huāng yín  licentious
垦荒 kěn huāng  to open up land (for agriculture)
荒芜 huāng wú  left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild
业荒于嬉 yè huāng yú xī  to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
业荒于嬉 yè huāng yú xī  

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