巟
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Meaning: a watery waste
💡 Picture a barren, flooded land: river (川) plus ruin (亡).
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Character Story & Explanation
Imagine walking through a flooded rice paddy in southern China after a heavy rain. The field is a watery waste, too deep for seedlings. The character 巟 (huāng) depicts this—a combination of river (川) and a waste (亡). It rarely appears alone but in classical texts describes desolate, flooded land. While obsolete, it echoes in modern words like 荒 (huāng, wasteland), showing how water can transform fertile ground into an uninhabitable swamp.
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