(hūn)

HSK 68 strokes

muddle-headed

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
hūn
Meaning
muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱氏日

Th sun 日 setting behind a village 氏

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hūn
HSK 7-9

to lose consciousness

Open 昏迷 page →
xiàhūn

to faint from fear; to be frightened into fits; shell-shocked

Open 吓昏 page →
hūnluàn

dazed; confused; fuddled

Open 昏乱 page →

to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

Open 利令智昏 page →

lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)

Open 昏天黑地 page →

seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)

Open 昏定晨省 page →

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