晃

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to sway; to shake; to wander about

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 光 sound ( guāng )

Components 日光

sway · Heisig RSH #1529

sun + 光 ray

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡	yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang	lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom); fig. empty vessel…
新晃侗族自治县	Xīn huǎng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn	Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市\|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
新晃县	Xīn huǎng Xiàn	see 新晃侗族自治縣\|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
一晃	yī huǎng	(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
晃动	huàng dòng	to shake; to sway; to rock
新晃	Xīn huǎng	see 新晃侗族自治縣\|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
明晃晃	míng huǎng huǎng	shining; bright
闲晃	xián huàng	to hang around; to hang out
银晃晃	yín huǎng huǎng	silver glitter
摆晃	bǎi huàng	to swing; to sway
摇晃	yáo huàng	to rock; to shake; to sway
晃荡	huàng dang	to rock; to sway; to shake
瞎晃	xiā huàng	to roam about; to monkey around
晃悠	huàng you	to swing; to sway; to wobble; to hang around; to hover around
晃晃悠悠	huàng huang yōu yōu	swaying; wobbling

Characters sharing the sound component 光 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
光 sound part	guāng	light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
恍	huǎng	absent-minded; distracted; indistinct; seemingly
胱	guāng	bladder
觥	gōng	a horn of wine
桄	guàng	coir-palm; ladder rung
咣	guāng	onomatopoetic, a crash or bang