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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)

components: 忄 光

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:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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

WordPinyinMeaning
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