晃
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to sway; to shake; to wander about
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,565 U+6643
How 晃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 光 (phonetic, guāng)
How to remember it
sway · Heisig RSH #1529
sun + 光 ray
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 光
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 光 (guāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光 sound component | guāng | light; bright, brilliant; only, merely |
| 恍 | huǎng | absent-minded; distracted; indistinct; seemingly |
| 胱 | guāng | bladder |
| 觥 | gōng | a horn of wine |
| 桄 | guàng | coir-palm; ladder rung |
| 咣 | guāng | onomatopoetic, a crash or bang |
Words containing 晃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 | yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang | lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom); fig. empty vessel… |
| 新晃侗族自治县 | Xīn huǎng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn | Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan |
| 新晃县 | Xīn huǎng Xiàn | see 新晃侗族自治縣|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 一晃 | yī huǎng | (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash |
| 晃动 | huàng dòng | to shake; to sway; to rock |
| 新晃 | Xīn huǎng | see 新晃侗族自治縣|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 明晃晃 | míng huǎng huǎng | shining; bright |
| 闲晃 | xián huàng | to hang around; to hang out |
| 银晃晃 | yín huǎng huǎng | silver glitter |
| 摆晃 | bǎi huàng | to swing; to sway |
| 摇晃 | yáo huàng | to rock; to shake; to sway |
| 晃荡 | huàng dang | to rock; to sway; to shake |
| 瞎晃 | xiā huàng | to roam about; to monkey around |
| 晃悠 | huàng you | to swing; to sway; to wobble; to hang around; to hover around |
| 晃晃悠悠 | huàng huang yōu yōu | swaying; wobbling |