Chinese symbol for “rusty”
荒疏
huāng shū
to be out of practice; rusty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rusty is 荒疏 (huāng shū), defined as: to be out of practice; rusty.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 荒疏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒谬 (荒謬) | huāng miù | absurd; ridiculous |
| 饥荒 (饑荒) | jī huāng | crop failure; famine |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | beyond belief; preposterous |
| 荒废 (荒廢) | huāng fèi | to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated |
| 荒野 | huāng yě | wilderness |
| 荒诞 (荒誕) | huāng dàn | beyond belief; incredible |
| 疏散 | shū sǎn | idle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] |
| 疏忽 | shū hu | to neglect; to overlook |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rusty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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