Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

慌: disconcerted, be confused

Also: lose one's head

N1 (our estimate)12 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 荒 gives the sound

12 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 恐慌きょうこう

あわてるawateru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 慌てるあわてるto become confused (disconcerted…

あわただしいawatadashii · kun'yomi

  • 慌ただしいあわただしいbusy; hectic; hurried

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huāng

Same form: 慌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
慌 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
慌 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin huāng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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