灾荒

Traditional form:

災荒

Pinyin (reading):

zāihuāng

Definitions:

• natural disaster
• famine

Characters:

• 灾 - disaster, catastrophe, calamity
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated

Traditional characters:

• 災 - disaster, catastrophe, calamity
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated