幻 (waan6 | huan4) : unreal; illusory; magical

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幻

waan6

huan4

[1] unreal; illusory; imaginary
[2] magical; changeable

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 幺 (#52)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

幻

This word has been viewed 7412 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Dec 2014 13:37

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迷幻 mai4 waan6 mi2 huan4 = hallucination

幻想 waan6 soeng2 huan4 xiang3 = delusion; illusion; fantasy

幻燈片 waan6 dang1 pin3*2 = slides (as in photographs)

迷幻藥 mai4 waan6 joek6 = lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), "acid"

虛幻 heoi1 waan6 xv1 huan4 = illusory, unreal

幻象 waan6 zoeng6 huan4 xiang4 = illusion

幻燈 waan6 dang1 huan4 deng1 = lantern slides

幻影 waan6 jing2 huan4 ying3 = phantom

夢幻 mung6 waan6 meng4 huan4 = dream; illusion

幻覺 waan6 gok3 huan4 jue2 = illusion, phantasm
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 22 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 幻
Unicode code for this character: U+5e7b (off-site link)

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