# 慌

| 慌 | U+614C, &#24908; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-614C |
| ← 態 [U+614B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 慍 → [U+614D] |
| 慌 | U+2F8A7, &#194727; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A7 |
| ← 慈 [U+2F8A6] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 慎 → [U+2F8A8] |
| 慌 | U+2F8A9, &#194729; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A9 |
| ← 慎 [U+2F8A8] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 慺 → [U+2F8AA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

慌 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10 in Chinese, 心+9 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 心廿卜山 (PTYU), four-corner 9401$_1$, composition ⿰忄荒)

#### Usage notes

The right-middle part could be found as 亾 instead of 亡.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 398, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11057
* Dae Jaweon: page 737, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2326, character 7
* Unihan data for U+614C
* Unihan data for U+2F8A7
* Unihan data for U+2F8A9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 忙 | *maːŋ |
| 芒 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 茫 | *maːŋ |
| 恾 | *maːŋ |
| 吂 | *maːŋ, *maːŋs |
| 汒 | *maːŋ, *maŋs |
| 朚 | *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs |
| 邙 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 杗 | *maːŋ, *maŋ |
| 荒 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs |
| 肓 | *hmaːŋ |
| 衁 | *hmaːŋ |
| 巟 | *hmaːŋ |
| 詤 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ |
| 慌 | *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ |
| 謊 | *hmaːŋʔ |
| 喪 | *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ |
| 亡 | *maŋ |
| 望 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 莣 | *maŋ |
| 朢 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 鋩 | *maŋ |
| 硭 | *maŋ |
| 忘 | *maŋ, *maŋs |
| 网 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 罔 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 蛧 | *maŋʔ |
| 網 | *mlaŋʔ |
| 輞 | *maŋʔ |
| 棢 | *maŋʔ |
| 惘 | *maŋʔ |
| 菵 | *maŋʔ |
| 誷 | *maŋʔ |
| 魍 | *maŋʔ |
| 妄 | *maŋs |
| 盲 | *mraːŋ |
| 蝱 | *mraːŋ |
| 虻 | *mraːŋ |
| 氓 | *mraːŋ |
| 甿 | *mraːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huāng, huang (huang$^1$, huang$^5$／huang$^0$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ, ˙ㄏㄨㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fông
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fong$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$huaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huang
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^1$
*** Yale: hwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, as adjectival complement)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huang
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄏㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huång
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^5$
*** Yale: hwang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .huang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: huang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuong
*** Sinological IPA : /xuaŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^1$
*** Yale: fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
*** Tâi-lô: hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$huaon
*** MiniDict: huaon$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$huaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huɑ̃⁵³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 慌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 12654 |
| Phonetic component | 亡 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 荒 |
| Old Chinese | /*hmaːŋ/ |
| Notes | 見九歎 |

#### Definitions

慌
* to flee
* to fear; to dread; to be afraid
* to feel nervous; to get flustered; to get flurried
* flustered; nervous; panicky; frantic
* (colloquial) Used as an adjectival complement after 得 (de), to emphasise the unbearability or extent of the adjectival state.

##### Synonyms

* (to fear):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 害怕, 發毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 怕, 害怕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 害怕, 怕, 打怵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 害怕, 怵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 害怕, 怕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 驚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 害怕, 怕, 怯火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫌怕, 打怵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 害怕, 嚇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嚇不過, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 害怕, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 慌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嚇怕, 怕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 驚, 怕, 慌, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 驚, 怕, 慌 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 好怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 慌, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 狂, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 怕, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 怕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 怕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 好狂 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 怕, 驚, 畏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 驚 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Changting | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嚇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 狂, 驚 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 狂 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 驚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 怕, 嚇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 著怕, 怕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚, 怕, 怯, 畏 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 畏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嚇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嚇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 驚惶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 嚇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 驚 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 驚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 驚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狂, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嚇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Danyang | 怕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 怕, 畏怯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 怕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 怕 |
* (to feel nervous): 發慌／发慌 (fāhuāng)
* (flustered):
* 兇狂 / 凶狂 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 張皇 / 张皇 (zhānghuáng)
* 忙亂 / 忙乱 (mángluàn)
* 慌亂 / 慌乱 (huāngluàn)
* 慌張 / 慌张 (huāngzhāng)
* 挐狂 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 挐狂狂 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 青狂 (Hokkien)

#### Compounds

* 不慌不忙
* 亂得慌 / 乱得慌
* 口隔心慌
* 害慌
* 心慌 (xīnhuāng)
* 心慌意亂 / 心慌意乱 (xīnhuāngyìluàn)
* 心慌膽戰 / 心慌胆战
* 急慌 (jíhuāng)
* 恐慌 (kǒnghuāng)
* 恐慌症 (kǒnghuāngzhèng)
* 悶得慌 / 闷得慌
* 意亂心慌 / 意乱心慌
* 慌不擇路 / 慌不择路
* 慌亂 / 慌乱 (huāngluàn)
* 慌了手腳 / 慌了手脚
* 慌了神兒 / 慌了神儿
* 慌張 / 慌张 (huāngzhāng)
* 慌張勢煞 / 慌张势煞
* 慌張慌智 / 慌张慌智
* 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
* 慌忙無措 / 慌忙无措 (huāngmáng wúcuò)
* 慌急 (huāngjí)
* 慌悚
* 愴慌 / 怆慌
* 慌慌張張 / 慌慌张张
* 慌慌忙忙
* 慌成一團 / 慌成一团
* 慌手忙腳 / 慌手忙脚
* 慌手慌腳 / 慌手慌脚
* 慌神
* 慌腳雞 / 慌脚鸡
* 慌腿
* 慌裡慌張 / 慌里慌张 (huānglihuāngzhāng)
* 慌速
* 戃慌 / 𰑿慌
* 手慌腳忙 / 手慌脚忙
* 撐的慌 / 撑的慌
* 發慌 / 发慌 (fāhuāng)
* 磣的慌 / 碜的慌
* 累得慌
* 經濟恐慌 / 经济恐慌 (jīngjì kǒnghuāng)
* 腸慌腹熱 / 肠慌腹热
* 膩的慌 / 腻的慌
* 著慌 / 着慌 (zháohuāng)
* 貪慌 / 贪慌
* 驚慌 / 惊慌 (jīnghuāng)
* 驚慌失措 / 惊慌失措 (jīnghuāngshīcuò)
* 驚慌失色 / 惊慌失色
* 鬧的慌 / 闹的慌
* 鬼慌

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huǎng (huang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^3$
*** Yale: hwǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^2$
*** Yale: fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xwangX
Rime :
| Character | 慌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 呼晃切 |
| Baxter | xwangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hwɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xwɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤaŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 慌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xwang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m̥ˁaŋʔ/ |
| English | confused |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 慌 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12656 |
| Phonetic component | 亡 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 慌 |
| Old Chinese | /*hmaːŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 見九歌 |

#### Definitions

慌
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dim; indistinct
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sleep talk

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “慌”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 94.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* disconcerted

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あわてる (awateru, 慌てる, Jōyō)、あわただしい (awatadashii, 慌ただしい, Jōyō)、くらい (kurai)

## Korean
### Hanja

慌 (eum 황 (hwang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

慌: Hán Nôm readings: hoảng, hoang
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