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荒 = 艹 + 巟

荒 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “wasteland”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 巟 (a watery waste). It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword
wasteland
Pinyin (Mandarin)
huāng
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
wasteland, desert, пустыня, desert
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
荒 laid waste

Decomposition

ids

  1. 艹 grass
  2. 巟 a watery waste

Characters that contain 荒

How to find 荒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “a watery waste”. 荒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 荒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.