恍忽

恍 huǎng seemingly

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

光
光 Sound component
guāng light

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaːŋ
qʰʷaːŋʔ
Unicodexuɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

忽 hū suddenly

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound.

Components

勿
勿 Sound component
wù, mò must not
Change in sound
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

惚唿锪

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

惚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwotm̥ˤut careless; confused

說文解字

《說文》：“忽，忘也。从心，勿聲。”

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)