晕 (yūn): dizzy

晕 (yūn) is a Chinese character meaning “dizzy.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 军 (phonetic). It ranks #2164 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 晕 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. dizzy

Etymology & Origin

晕

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Decomposition: ⿱日军 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 晕

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
晕车verbyùn chēto be carsick6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
晕倒verbyūn dǎoto faint
头晕verbtóu yūndizzy
眩晕verbxuàn yùnvertigo
晕头转向phraseyūn tóu zhuàn xiàngconfused and disoriented
晕船verbyùn chuánto become seasick
发晕verbfā yūnto feel dizzy
电晕noundiàn yùncorona discharge
晕厥verbyūn juéto faint
头晕目眩phrasetóu yūn mù xuàn(idiom) to have a dizzy spell
头晕眼花phrasetóu yūn yǎn huāto faint with blurred vision (idiom)
晕机verbyùn jīto become airsick
红晕nounhóng yùna reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion)
血晕nounxiě yùnbruise
晕高儿yùn gāo rto feel giddy on heights
日月晕rì yuè yùnhalo
42
Total compounds
48
As first character
43
As last character
10
As middle character

晕 appears in 42 compound words: 48 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 10 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 晕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

倒dǎo
0.516694 co-occurrences
头tóu
0.489764 co-occurrences
呕ǒu
0.46022 co-occurrences
吓xià
0.41424 co-occurrences
痛tòng
0.411136 co-occurrences
倦juàn
0.40724 co-occurrences
昏hūn
0.40641 co-occurrences
闷mēn
0.40110 co-occurrences
泻xiè
0.39410 co-occurrences
恶è
0.39078 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

头昏眼晕tóu hūn yǎn yūnHSK 7+

head spinning and blurred vision; giddy; in a faint

phrase
头晕眼花tóuyūnyǎnhuāHSK 6+

to feel dizzy with blurred vision

phrase
晕头转向yūntóuzhuànxiàngHSK 6+

to feel dizzy and disoriented

phrase
头晕目眩tóuyūnmùxuànHSK 6+

to feel dizzy with blurred vision

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

坐长途车容易晕车,最好提前准备好晕车药。

Zuò chángtú chē róngyì yùnchē, zuìhǎo tíqián zhǔnbèi hǎo yùnchē yào.

Long car rides easily cause motion sickness; it's best to prepare motion sickness medicine in advance.

99 健康网Feb 2026

避孕药的副作用和危害有哪些?恶心头晕是服药初期正常反应吗

bì yùn yào de fù zuò yòng hé wēi hài yǒu nǎ xiē ? è xīn tóu yūn shì fú yào chū qī zhèng cháng fǎn yīng ma

What are the side effects and harms of birth control pills? Is nausea and dizziness a normal reaction at the beginning of taking medication?

99 健康网Feb 2026

游客玩蹦极因恐高半空中晕厥,园方回应:身体无碍,后面继续游玩

yóu kè wán bèng jí yīn kǒng gāo bàn kōng zhōng yūn 厥 , yuán fāng huí yīng shēn tǐ wú ài , hòu miàn jì xù yóu wán

Tourists fainted in mid-air for fear of bungee jumping, and the park responded: The body is fine, and they will continue to play later

NewsFeb 2026

房屋署渔湾邨办事处六旬楼宇监督晕倒送院亡 事前曾感胸口不适

fáng wū shǔ yú wān 邨 bàn shì chǔ liù xún lóu yǔ jiān dū yūn dǎo sòng yuàn wáng shì qián céng gǎn xiōng kǒu bù shì

A sixty-year-old building supervisor of the Yue Wan Estate Office of the Housing Department fainted and died in hospital

NewsFeb 2026

房屋署渔湾邨办事处六旬男职员晕倒 送院抢救不治

fáng wū shǔ yú wān 邨 bàn shì chǔ liù xún nán zhí yuán yūn dǎo sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì

A male staff member in his sixties at the Yue Wan Estate Office of the Housing Department fainted and was sent to hospital for rescue

NewsFeb 2026

...土耳其业余球赛现暖心一幕 海鸥遭足球击中晕倒 球员心肺复苏救回

. . . tǔ ěr qí yè yú qiú sài xiàn nuǎn xīn yī mù hǎi 鸥 zāo zú qiú jī zhōng yūn dǎo qiú yuán xīn fèi fù sū jiù huí

... A heartwarming scene in the Turkish amateur football game Seagull was hit by a football and fainted, and the player was rescued by cardiopulmonary resuscitation

NewsFeb 2026

中环威灵顿街地盘工人晕倒昏迷送院 事前疑行多层楼梯搬建筑材料

zhōng huán wēi líng dùn jiē dì pán gōng rén yūn dǎo hūn mí sòng yuàn shì qián yí háng duō céng lóu tī bān jiàn zhù cái liào

A construction worker at Wellington Street in Central fainted and was sent to the hospital in a coma

Tatoeba

麻烦给我点晕机药。

Máfan gěi wǒ diǎn yùnjī yào.

Please bring me some medicine for airsickness.

Tatoeba

我最近忙得晕头转向。

Wǒ zuì jìn máng de yūntóuzhuànxiàng.

I’ve been absolutely off my feet lately.

Tatoeba

齐里的眼睛里泛着一层雾蒙蒙的白色光晕。

Qí lǐ de yǎnjing lǐ fàn zhe yīcéng wù méng méng de báisè guāngyùn.

Ziri had a foggy white eye.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced yūn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 晕 (yūn) mean in Chinese?
晕 (yūn) primarily means "dizzy." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2164 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 晕 and 辉?
晕 (yūn) and 辉 (huī) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 日 vs 车 (same 军 component).
How many strokes does 晕 have?
晕 is written with 10 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 晕?
The radical associated with 晕 is 日 (sun). This radical appears in many characters related to sun.
What are the components of 晕?
晕 is composed of: 日 (semantic), 军 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱日军 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 晕?
Common words with 晕 include: 晕倒 (yūn dǎo, "to faint"); 头晕 (tóu yūn, "dizzy"); 眩晕 (xuàn yùn, "vertigo"); 晕头转向 (yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng, "confused and disoriented"); 晕船 (yùn chuán, "to become seasick"). There are over 42 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 晕 (yūn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yūn: 运 (to transport, luck), 云 ((classical) to say), 允 (just), 孕 (pregnant), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 晕 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 晕 and the traditional form is 暈.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.