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be bewildered

HSK 7 N1
huò
ワク
まど.う
An uncertain 或 heart 心; 或 also provides the pronunciation
Components
or+ heart =
be bewildered
Meaning component
huò or
or, either, else
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Meaning component
xīn heart
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[huò]
to confuse; to be puzzled
Japanese
わく 同音
noun Buddhism klesha
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
れんにょ
Rennyo unclassified name
わく
Waku given name