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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 荒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
荒 huāng - desolate
- shortage
- scarce
- out of practice
- absurd
- uncultivated
- to neglect

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 22,540 7,236 8,432

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 芒 川

Radical:

艹

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

川

Semantic:

芒

Hint:

Grass

Other Words Containing 荒

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
荒谬 6 7 2,585 18,619 17,758
荒唐 6 - 3,478 13,877 10,408
荒野 - - 10,111 28,283 18,230
饥荒 - - 15,338 34,624 22,593
荒诞 - 8 15,450 25,535 19,674
荒废 - - 16,159 23,135 13,311
荒地 - - 16,479 22,051 38,627
荒凉 6 8 17,813 21,252 15,062
荒岛 - - 18,911 41,826 29,512
荒芜 - - 19,449 22,368 13,127
荒漠 - - 21,488 25,898 25,772
荒郊 - - 21,911 71,070 52,739
荒 - 9 22,540 7,236 8,432
荒原 - - 24,228 33,702 34,208
蛮荒 - - 24,789 48,813 38,890
拓荒者 - - 25,555 76,397 65,384
荒无人烟 - - 26,493 66,540 56,738
荒淫 - - 34,493 71,304 53,772
破天荒 - - 34,650 28,154 24,117
拓荒 - - 34,973 68,188 61,712
落荒而逃 - - 35,205 44,039 37,489
天荒地老 - - 37,765 43,068 16,936
荒诞不经 - - 44,246 84,251 90,984
荒僻 - - 46,420 70,590 110,490
开荒 - - 46,962 26,420 43,857
拾荒 - - 49,344 42,863 27,152
地老天荒 - - 54,207 42,935 17,311
荒山 - - 54,322 17,319 41,481
兵荒马乱 - - 55,765 57,654 38,612
荒山野岭 - - 56,126 - -
荒谬绝伦 - - 56,225 103,118 106,806
垦荒 - - 57,071 49,131 101,388
荒疏 - - 84,729 - -
灾荒 - - 87,742 51,446 75,320
烧荒 - - 92,390 94,063 -