荧惑
yíng​huò

bewilder

荧 yíng, xíng, jiǒng glimmer Simplified

Simplified form of 熒. Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components

𤇾
𤇾 IconicSimplified component
yìng glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

Component uses

Sound (1)

营

Remnant (1)

营

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

惑 huò, huo confuse

Components

或
或 Sound component
huò or
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwok[ɢ]ʷˤək deceive

說文解字

《說文》：“惑，亂也。从心，或聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

熒 glimmer Traditional

Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Iconic component
yìng glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweng[N]-qʷˤeŋ dazzle

說文解字

《說文》：“熒，屋下燈燭之光。从焱、冂。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)