恍 (huǎng): (bound form) in a hazy state of mind, (bound form) to snap out of that state, used in 恍如 and 恍若
恍 (huǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) in a hazy state of mind.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 光 (phonetic). It ranks #2442 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恍 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- (bound form) in a hazy state of mind
- (bound form) to snap out of that state
- used in 恍如 and 恍若
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恍惚adjective | huǎng hū | absent-minded |
| 恍然大悟phrase | huǎng rán dà wù | (idiom) to suddenly realize |
| 恍如隔世phrase | huǎng rú gé shì | like a thing of the previous generation |
| 恍若verb | huǎng ruò | as if |
| 恍如adjective | huǎng rú | to be as if... |
| 恍然adjective | huǎng rán | suddenly (perceive) |
| 心神恍惚phrase | xīn shén huǎng hū | perturbed (idiom) |
| 恍若隔世 | huǎng ruò gé shì | see 恍如隔世 |
| 神思恍惚 | shén sī huǎng hū | abstracted |
| 精神恍惚 | jīng shén huǎng hū | (idiom) absent-minded |
| 恍然醒悟 | huǎng rán xǐng wù | a sudden realization |
| 恍神 | huǎng shén | to be off in another world |
| 迷离惝恍 | mí lí chǎng huǎng | (idiom) blurred |
| 恍忽 | huǎng hū | variant of 恍惚 |
| 惝恍adjective | chǎng huǎng | (literary) despondent |
恍 appears in 15 compound words: 67 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 20 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 恍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 恍.
Example Sentences
他恍甘情愿地帮助每一个需要帮助的人。
tā huǎng gān qíng yuàn dì bāng zhù měi yī gě xū yāo bāng zhù de rén .
He willingly helps everyone in need.
恍惚间,我好像看到了自己正在眼前的草场上漫无目的地散步,走走停停、跑跑跳跳。
huǎng 惚 jiān , wǒ hǎo xiàng kàn dào le zì jǐ zhèng zài yǎn qián de cǎo chǎng shàng màn wú mù de dì sàn bù , zǒu zǒu tíng tíng , pǎo pǎo tiào tiào .
For a moment, it seemed as if I saw myself strolling aimlessly across the meadow right in front of me, walking and stopping, running and jumping.
于是我们恍然,再忙也要偶然让自己停下来。
yú shì wǒ men huǎng rán , zài máng yě yāo ǒu rán ràng zì jǐ tíng xià lái .
And so it dawned on us that, no matter how busy we are, we need to take the time to pause every now and then.
上手雷鸟 iO AI 眼镜,你第一时间可能会有点恍惚:这真的是智能眼镜吗?
shàng shǒu léi niǎo i O A I yǎn jìng , nǐ dì yī shí jiān kě néng huì yǒu diǎn huǎng 惚 : zhè zhēn de shì zhì néng yǎn jìng ma ?
When you first try on the Thunderbird iO AI glasses, you might be a little bewildered at first: Are these really smart glasses?
步入其中,恍若踏入一个比兵马俑展馆更为古老、质朴的空间。
bù rù qí zhōng , huǎng ruò tà rù yī gè bǐ bīng mǎ 俑 zhǎn guǎn gēng wéi gǔ lǎo , zhì pǔ de kōng jiān .
Stepping inside, it feels as if you’ve entered a space even older and more rustic than the Terracotta Army exhibition hall.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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