恍
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(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]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 恍
- Common rank
- #2,687
- Unicode
- U+604D
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
all of a sudden · Heisig RSH #1808
state of mind + 光 ray
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 恍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恍如隔世 | like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago | |
| 恍然大悟 | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light | |
| 恍若隔世 | see 恍如隔世[huang3 ru2 ge2 shi4] | |
| 恍神 | to be off in another world; to suffer a lapse in concentration | |
| 恍然 | suddenly (perceive); confused; vague; distracted | |
| 恍如 | to be as if...; to be rather like... | |
| 恍然醒悟 | a sudden realization; to realize sth in a flash | |
| 恍若 | as if; as though; rather like | |
| 心神恍惚 | perturbed (idiom) | |
| 精神恍惚 | (idiom) absent-minded; in a trance | |
| 神思恍惚 | abstracted; absent-minded; in a trance | |
| 恍忽 | variant of 恍惚[huang3 hu1] | |
| 迷离惝恍 | (idiom) blurred; confusing | |
| 恍惚 | absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly | |
| 惝恍 | (literary) despondent; upset; (literary) hazy; indistinct |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 光 — compare how they read.