Chinese symbol for “dimly”
恍惚
huǎng hū
absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dimly is 恍惚 (huǎng hū), defined as: absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dimly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恍惚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恍然大悟 | huǎng rán dà wù | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light |
| 恍若 | huǎng ruò | as if; as though |
| 恍然 | huǎng rán | suddenly (perceive); confused; vague; distracted |
| 恍如 | huǎng rú | to be as if...; to be rather like... |
| 精神恍惚 | jīng shén huǎng hū | (idiom) absent-minded; in a trance |
| 心神恍惚 | xīn shén huǎng hū | perturbed (idiom) |
| 神思恍惚 | shén sī huǎng hū | abstracted; absent-minded |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dimly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.