怔
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(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,312 U+6014
How 怔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 正 (phonetic, zhèng)
How to remember it
terror-stricken · Heisig RSH #1811
state of mind + 正 correct
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 正
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 正 (zhèng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正 sound component | zhèng | straight, right, proper, correct, just, true |
| 政 | zhèng | government, politics |
| 症 | zhèng | ailment, disease, illness |
| 征 | zhēng | to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion |
| 整 | zhěng | neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend |
| 罡 | gāng | the stars at the end of the Big Dipper |
| 徵 | zhǐ | to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion |
| 钲 | zhēng | an army's marching gong |
Words containing 怔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怔神儿 | zhēng shén r | lost in thought; in a daze |
| 目怔口呆 | mù zhēng kǒu dāi | lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned; stupefied |
| 发怔 | fā zhēng | baffled; nonplussed |
| 怔住 | zhèng zhù | dumbfounded; stunned |
| 魔怔 | mó zhēng | crazed; possessed; bewitched |
| 怔怔 | zhèng zhèng | in a daze |
| 怔忪 | zhēng zhōng | frightened; scared; terrified |
| 怔忡 | zhēng chōng | (of the heart) palpitating with fear; palpitation (Chinese medicine) |