慌
fluster; disconcerted; be confused; lose one's head
12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1826.
Readings
- あわてる (kun reading): 慌てる (あわてる) to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); 大慌て (おおあわて) great haste
- コウ (on reading): 世界恐慌 (せかいきょうこう) worldwide financial crisis; 恐慌 (きょうこう) panic
- あわただしい (kun reading): 慌ただしい (あわただしい) busy
Components
- 忄
- 荒
- 亡 radical deceased
- 川 radical river
- ⺖ radical heart, left-side form of 心
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
Words using 慌
- 慌てる (あわてる) to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised)
- 大慌て (おおあわて) great haste
- 慌てふためく (あわてふためく) to get into a panic
- 慌て者 (あわてもの) scatterbrain
- 慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない (あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない) slow and steady wins the race
- 世界恐慌 (せかいきょうこう) worldwide financial crisis
- 恐慌 (きょうこう) panic
- 大恐慌 (だいきょうこう) Great Depression
- 昭和恐慌 (しょうわきょうこう) Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
- 戦後恐慌 (せんごきょうこう) post-World War I depression
- 慌ただしい (あわただしい) busy
15 words in all.