荒

huāng

wasteland, desert; uncultivated

How to write 荒, stroke by stroke

desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect

Pictophonetic: semantic 芒 (grass), phonetic 川

Made of 芒 + 川

荒谬huāng miùabsurd; ridiculous
荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
荒野huāng yěwilderness
饥荒jī huāngcrop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
荒凉huāng liángdesolate
荒废huāng fèito abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)
荒芜huāng wúleft to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild
荒漠huāng mòdesert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
荒地huāng dìwasteland; uncultivated land
荒岛huāng dǎobarren or uninhabited island
荒原huāng yuánwasteland
荒诞huāng dànbeyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic

您这么做很荒唐。
nín zhè me zuò hěn huāng táng 。
It's absurd of you to do that.
你那么做真是太过荒谬了.
nǐ nà me zuò zhēn shì tài guò huāng miù le .
It's absurd of you to do that.
他们被抛弃在一座荒岛上。
tā men bèi pāo qì zài yí zuò huāng dǎo shàng 。
They were marooned on a desert isle.
她们被抛弃在一座荒岛上。
tā men bèi pāo qì zài yí zuò huāng dǎo shàng 。
They were marooned on a desert isle.
这是片干燥地区，几乎是一片荒漠。
zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū ， jī hū shì yí piàn huāng mò 。
It is an arid region, almost a desert.