惑

惑 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈一心 (IMP), four-corner 5333₀, composition ⿱或心)

• 𰈪, 𤏘, 𪏤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 390, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10789
• Dae Jaweon: page 725, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2309, character 9
• Unihan data for U+60D1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷɯːɡ) : phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

惑

1. confused; puzzled; deluded

   大惑不解  ―  dàhuòbùjiě  ―  much confused, unable to explain

   • 子曰：「知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐ yuē: “Zhī zhě bù huò, rén zhě bù yōu, yǒng zhě bù jù.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "The wise are not confused, the benevolent do not worry, and the brave do not fear.

   • 三人行而一人惑，所適者猶可致也，惑者少也；二人惑則勞而不至，惑者勝也；而今也以天下惑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三人行而一人惑，所适者犹可致也，惑者少也；二人惑则劳而不至，惑者胜也；而今也以天下惑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Sān rén xíng ér yī rén huò, suǒ shì zhě yóu kě zhì yě, huò zhě shào yě; èr rén huò zé láo ér bù zhì, huò zhě shèng yě; ér jīn yě yǐ tiānxià huò. [Pinyin]

     If three people walk and one of them is deluded, they can still reach the place they are heading for; the deluded are in the minority. If two [of the three] are deluded, they will toil but never arrive; the deluded are in the majority. And today, All Under Heaven is deluded.

2. to confuse; to delude; to mislead

   妖言惑眾／妖言惑众  ―  yāoyánhuòzhòng  ―  to speak deceit and delude the masses

   • 此六子者，世之所高也，孰論之，皆以利惑其真而強反其情性，其行乃甚可羞也！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此六子者，世之所高也，孰论之，皆以利惑其真而强反其情性，其行乃甚可羞也！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Cǐ liù zǐ zhě, shì zhī suǒ gāo yě, shú lùn zhī, jiē yǐ lì huò qí zhēn ér qiáng fǎn qí qíngxìng, qí xíng nǎi shèn kě xiū yě! [Pinyin]

     These six lords are those who are honored by the world. Carefully consider them. They all muddled their genuineness for the sake of profit, and forced themselves to turn away from their inherent nature. Their actions are really to be ashamed of!

3. (literary) to infatuate; to be obsessed with, to be infatuated with
4. (Buddhism) sensory delusion

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. beguile

• Go-on: わく (waku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こく (koku)
• Kun: まどう (madou, 惑う, Jōyō)^{←まどふ (madofu, 惑ふ, historical)}; まどわす (madowasu, 惑わす)^{←まどはす (madofasu, まどはす, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 惑 (MC hwok).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [혹]

Wikisource 惑 (eumhun 미혹할 혹 (mihokhal hok))

1. Hanja form^? of 혹 (“to beguile; to captivate”). [verbal stem]
2. Hanja form^? of 혹 (“confusion”). [affix]

惑: Hán Nôm readings: hoặc

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