惶惑

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Chinese

frightened confuse
simp. and trad.
(惶惑)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (33)
Final () (102) (132)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwang hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/ /ɦwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/ /ɦʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/ /ɦwək̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣuək̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣuək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/ /ɣwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 wak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huò
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷˁək/
English deceive

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12697 5549
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*ɡʷɯːɡ/

Adjective

惶惑

  1. perplexed and alarmed; apprehensive

Synonyms

  • (literary) 惶惶 (huánghuáng)
  • (literary) 惶遽 (huángjù)