昏

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muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Th sun 日 setting behind a village 氏

Components 氏日

dusk · Heisig RSH #1373

氏 family name + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
头昏眼花	tóu hūn yǎn huā	to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
昏天黑地	hūn tiān hēi dì	lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled…
老眼昏花	lǎo yǎn hūn huā	blurred vision of an old person (idiom)
头昏眼暗	tóu hūn yǎn àn	head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy; fainting; vertigo
冲昏头脑	chōng hūn tóu nǎo	lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally; to go …
冲昏头脑	chōng hūn tóu nǎo	lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally; to go …
昏过去	hūn guo qu	to faint
利令智昏	lì lìng zhì hūn	to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
神志昏迷	shén zhì hūn mí	to be in a state of delirium
色令智昏	sè lìng zhì hūn	to lose one's head over lust; sex-crazy (idiom)
昏头	hūn tóu	to lose one's head; to be out of one's mind; to be dazed
头昏	tóu hūn	dizzy; giddy; one's head spins
昏花	hūn huā	dim (eyesight); blurred (vision)
发昏	fā hūn	to faint
头昏眼晕	tóu hūn yǎn yūn	head spinning and blurred vision; giddy; in a faint
黄昏	huáng hūn	dusk; evening; nightfall
头昏目晕	tóu hūn mù yūn	see 頭昏目眩\|头昏目眩[tou2 hun1 mu4 xuan4]
昏头昏脑	hūn tóu hūn nǎo	confused; dizzy; fainting
热昏	rè hūn	to be overcome by the heat
黄昏恋	huáng hūn liàn	fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple; falling in love in the autumn of one…

These characters use 昏 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
昏 sound part	hūn	dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
婚	hūn	to get married; marriage, wedding
阍	hūn	gatekeeper; gate, door