荒 (huāng) — to lie waste; to neglect; uncultivated

Character

Strokes: 9
Radical: 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of: 芒 blade 川 stream, river
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

那片梯田荒了十多年，如今重新种上了茶树。 Nà piàn tītián huāng le shí duō nián, rújīn chóngxīn zhòng shàng le cháshù. Those terraced fields lay uncultivated for more than ten years, but tea trees have now been planted there again.
院子里的菜地荒了好几年，长满了杂草。 Yuànzi lǐ de càidì huāng le hǎo jǐ nián, zhǎng mǎn le zácǎo. The vegetable plot in the yard has lain neglected for several years and is overgrown with weeds.
这块地荒着太可惜了，不如种点花。 Zhè kuài dì huāng zhe tài kěxī le, bùrú zhòng diǎn huā. It is a pity for this piece of land to lie idle; we might as well plant some flowers.