Chinese Character Wiki

昬

hūn

dusk

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

民 sound component

民  Sound component

mín

  

people

Evolution

昬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
昬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
昬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

昬  

hūn

dusk, dark confused; stupid

昏 (昬) 

hūn

old variant of 昏[hūn]

Most common words with 昬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

昏迷

stupor

昏

twilight

黄昏

dusk

昏倒

to faint

昏暗

dusky

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

缗

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

湣

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.1003% of movies

1537th most common character in movies

1561st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+662C

Shuowen

“昏，日冥也。从日，氐省。氐者，下也。一曰民聲。”


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