恍
(bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如[huang3 ru2] and 恍若[huang3 ruo4]
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,687 U+604D
How 恍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 光 (phonetic, guāng)
How to remember it
all of a sudden · Heisig RSH #1808
state of mind + 光 ray
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 光
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 光 (guāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光 sound component | guāng | light; bright, brilliant; only, merely |
| 晃 | huàng | bright, dazzling; to shake, to sway |
| 胱 | guāng | bladder |
| 觥 | gōng | a horn of wine |
| 桄 | guàng | coir-palm; ladder rung |
| 咣 | guāng | onomatopoetic, a crash or bang |
Words containing 恍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恍如隔世 | huǎng rú gé shì | like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago |
| 恍然大悟 | huǎng rán dà wù | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light |
| 恍若隔世 | huǎng ruò gé shì | see 恍如隔世[huang3 ru2 ge2 shi4] |
| 恍神 | huǎng shén | to be off in another world; to suffer a lapse in concentration |
| 恍然 | huǎng rán | suddenly (perceive); confused; vague; distracted |
| 恍如 | huǎng rú | to be as if...; to be rather like... |
| 恍然醒悟 | huǎng rán xǐng wù | a sudden realization; to realize sth in a flash |
| 恍若 | huǎng ruò | as if; as though; rather like |
| 心神恍惚 | xīn shén huǎng hū | perturbed (idiom) |
| 精神恍惚 | jīng shén huǎng hū | (idiom) absent-minded; in a trance |
| 神思恍惚 | shén sī huǎng hū | abstracted; absent-minded; in a trance |
| 恍忽 | huǎng hū | variant of 恍惚[huang3 hu1] |
| 迷离惝恍 | mí lí chǎng huǎng | (idiom) blurred; confusing |
| 恍惚 | huǎng hū | absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly |
| 惝恍 | chǎng huǎng | (literary) despondent; upset; (literary) hazy; indistinct |