entries → 惚
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
character · C1 (est.)
惚 =
ㄏㄨ · hū
adj — (恍惚) absent-minded, in a haze

字源 FORM — what the parts do

the heart, the mind
hū — gives the sounda mind 心 that waves things off (勿) — neglect
A mind (忄) that has waved itself off (忽) — gone vague. 忽 hū carries the sound and the slipping-away. It lives almost only in 恍惚, the drifting daze.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

心()一鬆(),人就飄了,眼前的事全抓不住。
The mind (忄) lets go (忽), and the person drifts — nothing in front holds.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)恍惚— absent-minded, dazed常用
惚恍— vague, indistinct
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension