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.

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Characters and stroke order

荒 huāng

wasteland, desert; uncultivated

radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

疏 shū

to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless

radical 103 ⽦ · 12 strokes

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.