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Chinese symbol for “wasted”

荒废
huāng fèi
Traditional: 荒廢
to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wasted is 荒废 (huāng fèi), defined as: to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study).

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

荒 huāng
wasteland, desert; uncultivated
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 荒废.

WordPinyinMeaning
荒谬 (荒謬)huāng miùabsurd; ridiculous
饥荒 (饑荒)jī huāngcrop failure; famine
荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous
荒野huāng yěwilderness
荒诞 (荒誕)huāng dànbeyond belief; incredible
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)

See also: Japanese symbol for “wasted”.

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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