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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- huang1
- English meanings
- desolate, shortage, scarce, out of practice, absurd, uncultivated, to neglect
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 芒; bottom 川.
Meaning & sound clues
芒 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “grass”.
川 is identified as the sound component (chuān). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 荒.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
phoenix
dazed; seemingly
terribly
to dazzle
brilliant
emperor; grand
lie; falsehood
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Related words
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- 荒凉
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- 荒谬