荒

Derived characters

 * 慌, 謊

Glyph origin
. Note: The middle part could be found as 亾 instead of 亡.

Etymology
From. Cognate with. The voiceless initial is possibly from the devoicing effect of an early (i.e. Proto-Sino-Tibetan) causative prefix *s- on 亡 (i.e. PST *s-maŋ > *hmaŋ > Middle Chinese hwɑŋ) which was subsequently lost.

Definitions

 * 1) wasteland; uncultivated land; desert
 * 2) uncultivated; barren; desolate
 * 3) unreasonable; absurd

Kanji

 * 1) uncultivated, wild
 * 2) desolate, barren

Hanja

 * 1) rough; sparse; wild

Hanja

 * 1) empty, blank