Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 荒


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Meaning

uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce

Pronunciation

huāng

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated.

Radicals

uncultivated
grass, plant
death, to die
river
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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)

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