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噩

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adjective #44,596

Meanings

  1. 1 startling; alarming
  2. 2 bad; ill-omened

Examples

HSK 5
昨晚我做了一个可怕的噩梦。
Zuówǎn wǒ zuò le yígè kěpà de èmèng.
Last night I had a frightening nightmare.
HSK 7-9
他突然收到了爷爷去世的噩耗。
Tā tūrán shōudào le yéye qùshì de èhào.
He suddenly got the terrible news that his grandfather had passed away.

Tips

usage
噩 carries a sense of shock and ill omen. Its two everyday words are 噩耗 (terrible news, usually of a death) and 噩梦 (nightmare).

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth; opening
Top-left 口 is one of four mouth shapes packed into the corners; the mouth radical is what files 噩 for lookup.
ideograph
王 wáng
a vertical-and-bar frame
A 王-like frame runs through the center, its strokes split before and after the mouth blocks; it acts as a structural skeleton, not a meaning, in 噩.
semantic
口 kǒu
mouth; opening
Top-right 口. The four repeated mouths give 噩 a crowded, clamoring look that suits its alarming, ominous sense.
semantic
口 kǒu
mouth; opening
Bottom-left 口, mirroring the top pair below the central frame, continuing the four-mouth pattern of 噩.
semantic
口 kǒu
mouth; opening
Bottom-right 口, the last of the four; the symmetrical block of mouths is the visual signature of 噩.

Stroke Order

噩 è