恍惚 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huǎnghū

absent-minded

huǎng seemingly

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 光 represents the sound. Simplified form of 怳.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

光 Sound component

guāng light

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kʷaːŋ
		qʰʷaːŋʔ
Unicode	xuɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

hū absent-minded

To neglect 忽 the mind 忄; 忽 also provides the pronunciation

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忽 Sound Meaning component

hū suddenly

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwot	m̥ ˤut	careless; confused
Zhengzhang		hmɯːd
Unicode	xuət

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang