幻 (huàn): fantasy
幻 (huàn) is a Chinese character meaning “fantasy.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 幺 (structural). It ranks #1409 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 幻 an inversion of 予, "to give". Its radical form 幺 (tiny) appears in many related characters such as 乡 (xiāng, country or countryside), 幼 (yòu, young), 幽 (yōu, remote).
Definitions
- fantasy
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn inversion of 予, "to give"
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 幻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻觉noun | huàn jué | illusion |
| 梦幻noun | mèng huàn | dream |
| 幻象noun | huàn xiàng | illusion |
| 幻影noun | huàn yǐng | phantom |
| 迷幻药noun | mí huàn yào | hallucinogen |
| 虚幻adjective | xū huàn | imaginary |
| 幻灯片noun | huàn dēng piàn | (computing) presentation slide |
| 奇幻adjective | qí huàn | fantasy (fiction) |
| 变幻verb | biàn huàn | to change irregularly |
| 幻灭verb | huàn miè | (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish |
| 幻境noun | huàn jìng | land of fantasy |
| 幻术 | huàn shù | illusion magic |
| 变幻莫测phrase | biàn huàn mò cè | to change unpredictably |
| 幻灯noun | huàn dēng | lantern slides |
| 幻化verb | huàn huà | to be transformed |
幻 appears in 39 compound words: 46 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 28 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 幻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
幻字由4笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
huàn zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "幻" consists of four strokes, with a remarkably ingenious structure.
财政预算案| 幻彩咏香江将成历史 市民叹惋惜冀增元素后保...
cái zhèng yù suàn àn huàn cǎi yǒng xiāng jiāng jiāng chéng lì shǐ shì mín tàn wǎn xī 冀 zēng yuán sù hòu bǎo . . .
Budget | The colorful song of Hong Kong will become history, and the citizens sigh and hope to increase the elements...
有行旅/魔幻摩洛哥 体验极美
yǒu háng lǚ mó huàn mó 洛 gē tǐ yàn jí měi
There is a travel/magic Morocco experience is excellent
默茨访华前警告不要抱有“幻想”
mò 茨 fǎng huá qián jǐng gào bù yāo bào yǒu huàn xiǎng
Mertz warned against "illusions" before visiting China
我喜欢看虚幻勇士。
Wǒ xǐhuan kàn xūhuàn yǒngshì.
I like watching Code Lyoko.
他住在一个奇幻世界里。
Tā zhù zài yī gè qíhuàn shìjiè lǐ.
He lives in a world of fantasy.
世事变幻无常，人不能因循守旧、一成不变。
Shìshì biànhuàn wúcháng, rén bù néng yīnxúnshǒujiù, yīchéngbùbiàn.
Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.
科学幻想的简称是科幻。
Kēxuéhuànxiǎng de jiǎnchēng shì kēhuàn.
Science-Fiction can be abbreviated as sci-fi.
国际政治风云变幻。
Guójì zhèngzhì fēngyúnbiànhuàn.
World politics are constantly changing.
Character Family
幺 Radical Family — Characters sharing the tiny radical
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