huāng
wasteland
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巟 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
huāng
wasteland, desert; uncultivated; desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; to neglect
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