恍

Translingual

Han character

恍 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心火一山 (PFMU), four-corner 9901₁, composition ⿰忄光)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 384, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10546
• Dae Jaweon: page 714, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2295, character 4
• Unihan data for U+604D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		恍
alternative forms		怳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (光) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
光	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
灮	*kʷaːŋ
洸	*kʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋ
桄	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs
胱	*kʷaːŋ
垙	*kʷaːŋ
輄	*kʷaːŋ
恍	*kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
茪	*kʷaːŋ
侊	*kʷaːŋ, *kʷraːŋ
晃	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
幌	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
榥	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
滉	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
觥	*kʷraːŋ
駫	*kʷeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋ, *qʰʷaːŋʔ) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 光 (OC *kʷaːŋ, *kʷaːŋs).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 恍

1. seemingly, as if (often used with 如 (rú), 若 (ruò))

   恍如夢境／恍如梦境  ―  huǎngrú mèngjìng  ―  as if in a dream

2. absent-minded

   恍狂  ―  huǎngkuáng  ―  delirious

3. Used in 恍惚 (huǎnghū)

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Japanese

Kanji

恍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. unclear
2. senile
3. stupid
4. joke

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ほのか (honoka, 恍か); うっとりする (uttorisuru); くらい (kurai)

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Korean

Hanja

恍 • (hwang) (hangeul 황, McCune–Reischauer hwang, Yale hwang)

1. seemingly
2. absent-minded

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 恍 (hoảng, đoảng)

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