慌
to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,513 U+614C
How 慌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 荒 (phonetic, huāng)
How to remember it
nervous · Heisig RSH #1813
state of mind + 荒 wasteland
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 荒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 荒 (huāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒 sound component | huāng | wasteland, desert; uncultivated |
| 谎 | huǎng | to lie |
Words containing 慌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慌成一团 | huāng chéng yī tuán | (of a group of people) to run about helplessly |
| 心慌意乱 | xīn huāng yì luàn | confused; rattled; flustered |
| 惊慌失色 | jīng huāng shī sè | to go pale in panic (idiom) |
| 恐慌发作 | kǒng huāng fā zuò | panic attack |
| 不慌不忙 | bù huāng bù máng | (idiom) calm; unhurried; composed |
| 心慌 | xīn huāng | to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat |
| 发慌 | fā huāng | to become agitated; to feel nervous |
| 慌神 | huāng shén | to get agitated; to panic |
| 慌得 | huāng de | hurriedly; in a frenzy |
| 惊慌失措 | jīng huāng shī cuò | to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) |
| 慌里慌张 | huāng li huāng zhāng | flustered; in a panic |
| 着慌 | zháo huāng | alarmed; panicking |
| 慌张 | huāng zhāng | flustered; agitated |
| 慌乱 | huāng luàn | frenetic; hurried |
| 惊慌 | jīng huāng | to panic; to be alarmed |
| 恐慌 | kǒng huāng | panic; panicky; panic-stricken |
| 慌忙 | huāng máng | in a great rush; in a flurry |
| 瘆得慌 | shèn de huāng | frightening; frightened |