旷野

曠野

kuàngyě

noun #21,581

Measure Word

一片旷野 piàn

Meanings

1 wilderness
2 open country
3 vast open land

Characters

vast; open; desolate; neglect

wilderness; wild; field

Examples

他一个人走在茫茫旷野中。

Tā yī gè rén zǒu zài mángmáng kuàngyě zhōng.

He walked alone across the vast wilderness.

旷野中的风呼啸而过。

Kuàngyě zhōng de fēng hūxiào ér guò.

The wind howled across the open wilderness.

Tips

memory

旷 means 'vast/open/desolate' and 野 means 'wilderness/wild'. Together they paint a picture of wide-open, uninhabited land. 旷 is also used in 旷课 (to skip class) — the idea of an 'empty' seat.

Stroke Order

旷 kuàng

野 yě