昏 (hūn): muddle-headed, twilight, to faint
昏 (hūn) is a Chinese character meaning “muddle-headed.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氏 (structural) and 日 (structural). It ranks #1551 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 昏 th sun 日 setting behind a village 氏. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- muddle-headed
- twilight
- to faint
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTh sun 日 setting behind a village 氏
Decomposition: ⿱氏日 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昏迷 | hūn mí | to lose consciousness |
| 昏倒 | hūn dǎo | to faint |
| 黄昏 | huáng hūn | dusk |
| 昏迷不醒 | hūn mí bù xǐng | to remain unconscious |
| 昏睡 | hūn shuì | to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc) |
| 头昏 | tóu hūn | dizzy |
| 昏厥 | hūn jué | to faint |
| 昏暗 | hūn àn | dusky |
| 昏昏欲睡 | hūn hūn yù shuì | drowsy |
| 发昏 | fā hūn | to faint |
| 冲昏头脑 | chōng hūn tóu nǎo | lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom) |
| 昏昏沉沉 | hūn hūn chén chén | (idiom) dizzy |
| 头昏脑胀 | tóu hūn nǎo zhàng | (idiom) to feel giddy |
| 昏天黑地 | hūn tiān hēi dì | lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) |
| 昏花 | hūn huā | dim (eyesight) |
昏 appears in 44 compound words: 45 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 32 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 昏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
morning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3]
to become dizzy (with desire, success, love, etc.); to turn one's head; to lose one's head
seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)
dizzy; fainting; addlebrained; addleheaded; muddleheaded; absentminded; forgetful
to be blinded by the lust for gains; to lose one's head because of greed
morning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3]
to become dizzy (with desire, success, love, etc.); to turn one's head; to lose one's head
seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)
dizzy; fainting; addlebrained; addleheaded; muddleheaded; absentminded; forgetful
to be blinded by the lust for gains; to lose one's head because of greed
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 昏.
Example Sentences
昏复一日，他坚持早起锻炼身体。
hūn fù yī rì , tā jiān chí zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shēn tī .
Day after day, he persisted in getting up early to exercise.
青衣中年妇生活不开心 服药寻短昏迷
qīng yī zhōng nián fù shēng huó bù kāi xīn fú yào xún duǎn hūn mí
A middle-aged woman in green clothes lived unhappily and took medicine to find a short coma
...57岁 好友黄文标叫救护车 送院前已呈半昏迷状态
. . . 5 7 suì hǎo yǒu huáng wén biāo jiào jiù hù chē sòng yuàn qián yǐ chéng bàn hūn mí zhuàng tài
... 57-year-old friend Huang Wenbiao called an ambulance and was in a semi-coma before being sent to the hospital
天水围货车疑越线撼拖头 司机一度被困半昏迷
tiān shuǐ wéi huò chē yí yuè xiàn hàn tuō tóu sī jī yī dù bèi kùn bàn hūn mí
Tin Shui Wai truck suspected of crossing the line and shaking the tractor, the driver was trapped in a semi-coma for a while
珍惜生命|秀茂坪顺利邨45岁妇堕楼 昏迷送院抢救不治
zhēn xī shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 4 5 suì fù duò lóu hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
Cherish Life|A 45-year-old woman fell from a building in Shunli Estate of Sau Mau Ping and was sent to the hospital in a coma for rescue
东西问·马年说马丨赵艺博:海昏侯墓中的“马蹄金”缘何而来?
dōng xī wèn mǎ nián shuō mǎ 丨 zhào yì bó : hǎi hūn 侯 mù zhōng de mǎ 蹄 jīn yuán hé ér lái ?
East and West Questions: The Year of the Horse Says Horse丨Zhao Yibo: Where did the "horseshoe gold" in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun come from?
晚饭后她变得昏昏欲睡。
Wǎnfàn hòu tā biànde hūnhūnyùshuì.
She became drowsy after supper.
在麻醉剂的作用下，他昏了过去。
Zài mázuìjì de zuòyòng xià, tā hūn le guòqù.
He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
你看起来昏昏沉沉。
Nǐ kànqǐlai hūnhūnchénchén.
You looked like you were dizzy.
患者现在处于深度昏迷状态。
Huànzhě xiànzài chǔyú shēndù hūnmí zhuàngtài.
The patient is in a deep coma.
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