荒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: huāng, huǎng, kāng, huáng
Cantonese: fong1
JapaneseKun: ARERU ARAI ARASU
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HWANG
Vietnamese: hoang

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wasteland, desert; uncultivated

CE-Dict: desolate/shortage/scarce/out of practice/absurd/uncultivated/to neglect

Soothill: Wild, waste; wilds; empty; famine; reckless; to nullify; an angry appearance.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a famine
2.waste
3.barren

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: barren; desolate; neglect; shortage; waste

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: barren; desolate; neglect; shortage; waste

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》荒蕪也。从艸㠩聲。一曰艸淹地也。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】荒
〔古文〕𠃤𠯚【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤呼光切，音肓。【說文】蕪也。一曰草掩地也。【周語】田疇荒蕪。【韓詩外傳】四穀不升謂之荒。【爾雅·釋天】果不熟爲荒。　又廢也。【書·蔡仲之命】無荒棄朕命。【傳】無廢棄我命。　又大也。【詩·周頌】天作高山，大王荒之。【書·益稷】惟荒度土功。【傳】大治度水土之功。　又【書·禹貢】五百里荒服。【爾雅·釋地】觚竹、北戸、西王母、日下，謂之四荒。　又掩也。【詩·周南】南有樛木，葛藟荒之。　又空也。【吳語】荒成不盟。　又蒙也。【禮·喪大記註】在旁曰帷，在上曰荒。　又【集韻】同慌。【楚辭·哀郢】荒忽其焉極。　又通肓。【史記·扁鵲列傳】搦髓腦揲荒。【註】荒，膏荒也。　又地名。【水經注】荒谷東岸有冶父城。【梁元帝·𤣥覽賦】夕瞻荒谷之寺。　又歲名。【爾雅·釋天】大歲在己曰大荒落。　又姓，見【通志·氏族略】。
考證：〔【吳語】荒城不盟。〕　謹照原文城改成。

CF-Dict: disette/famine/manque/abandonner/négliger/ inculte/stérile/désert/abandonné

Han-De-Dict: Ödland, unkultiviertes Land (u.E.) (S, Geo)/Mißernte, Hungersnot (u.E.) (S, Agrar)/verlernen, aus der Übung kommen, vernachlässigen (u.E.) (V)/öde, brachliegend, unkultiviert (u.E.) (Adj)/großer Mange, große Knappheit (u.E.) (Adj)/roh, unbearbeitet (u.E.) (Adj)/unbestimmt, ungenau, ungesichert, dahergeredet (u.E.) (Adj)/wüst, verlassen, einsam, menschenleer (u.E.) (Adj)