恍 huǎng absent-minded
How to remember 恍: 忄 heart + 光 light = absent-minded. With her heart still on holiday, Anna stares at the traffic light turning green and does not move, completely absent-minded.
Component breakdown
恍 = 忄 heart + 光 light
- 忄 heart
- 光 light
- ⺌ small
- 兀 pedestal
With her heart still on holiday, Anna stares at the traffic light turning green and does not move, completely absent-minded.
How it is used
- Dazed/as if in a trance; suddenly: 恍然大悟 (huǎngrán-dàwù) to suddenly see the light, 恍惚 (huǎnghū) absent-minded/blurry, 恍如隔世 (huǎngrú-géshì) as if a lifetime had passed.
- 恍神 (huǎngshén) = to space out. Conveys a hazy, dreamlike or sudden-realization state.