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惘

wǎng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 perplexed; at a loss
  2. 2 frustrated and disappointed

Examples

听到消息，她感到怅惘不已。
Tīng dào xiāoxi, tā gǎndào chàngwǎng bùyǐ.
Hearing the news, she was left feeling utterly lost.
他迷惘地站在那里，不知所措。
Tā míwǎng de zhàn zài nàli, bùzhī suǒcuò.
He stood there blankly, not knowing what to do.

Tips

usage
惘 is bound, appearing in 迷惘 (迷惘, 'lost / confused about direction in life') and 怅惘 (怅惘, 'wistful and lost'). It describes an inner state of being adrift, not mere puzzlement.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
忄 is the side form of the heart radical 心. Being lost or adrift is an inner emotional state, so the feeling radical carries the core sense.
phonetic
罔 wǎng
net; nothing; phonetic
罔 supplies the sound wǎng directly. Its sense of 'a tangling net / a blank nothing' also faintly echoes the feeling of being caught up and lost.

Stroke Order

惘 wǎng