惑 (waak6 | huo4) : puzzled; delude; mislead

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惑

waak6

huo4

[1] be puzzled; be bewildered
[2] delude; mislead; confuse

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

惑

This word has been viewed 6107 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Sep 2014 14:40

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古惑仔 gu2 waak6 zai2 = gangster; criminal 粵

蠱惑 gu2 waak6 gu3 huo4 = crafty; crafty; tricks; stunts

誘惑 jau5 waak6 you4 huo4 = to entice; temptation

疑惑 ji4 waak6 yi2 huo4 = uncertainty

出蠱惑 ceot1 gu2 waak6 = outfox 粵

大惑不解 daai6 waak6 bat1 gaai2 da4 huo4 bu4 jie3 = do not understand a certain thing

困惑 kwan3 waak6 kun4 huo4 = confused; puzzled

疑惑不解 ji4 waak6 bat1 gaai2 yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3 = feel puzzled; have doubts 國

迷惑 mai4 waak6 = to confuse; to bewilder; to perplex

蠱惑仔 gu2 waak6 zai2 = a cunning person; a street criminal 粵
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 惑
Unicode code for this character: U+60d1 (off-site link)

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