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Chinese
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out of practice; uncultivated
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overgrown with weeds
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| trad. (荒蕪)
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荒
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蕪
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| simp. (荒芜)
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荒
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芜
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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荒
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蕪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huāng
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wú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xwang ›
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‹ mju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m̥ˁaŋ/
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/*m(r)a/
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| English
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wasteland; uncultivated land
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overgrown with weeds
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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荒
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蕪
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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12649
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13120
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Phonetic
component
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亡
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無
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Rime
group
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陽
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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荒
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無
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Old
Chinese
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/*hmaːŋ/
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/*ma/
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Adjective
荒蕪
- lying in waste; overgrown
Synonyms
Descendants
Vietnamese
Adjective
荒蕪
- chữ Hán form of hoang vu (“wild; unaffected by human's activities”).