惘 emphasizes:
- a quiet, lingering mental blankness;
- emotional disorientation;
- soft confusion rather than panic.
It appears frequently in classical poetry to describe emotional emptiness.

Related characters:
罔 — without; lacking


to be lost, to go astray, to be confused

to be deluded, to be confused, to be misled, to tempt, to deceive

 — confused
悵 — disappointed
Among these, 惘 conveys a vacant or unfocused mental state.

heart, mind, center, core

 (heart) — semantic component, indicates emotional or mental state;
罔 — phonetic component "mang / wǎng," originally meaning “without” or “lacking.”

The structure suggests:
- a heart lacking clarity;
- a mind without direction.

Semantic development:
- emotional confusion;
- mental blankness;
- dazed or stunned feeling.
Often expresses a soft, lingering confusion rather than sudden shock.

민망 (憫惘) — embarrassed; awkward (modern semantic shift)

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Rare and archaic Chinese character

thunderous sound, repeated crashing of thunder

adult male, fourth Heavenly Stem, nail

seven, number 7, seventh

elder, man of respect, husband, head of a family

three, number 3, third

up, top, first, best

below, under, to descend, to go down

not, no, non-

world, generation, lifetime

unit, individual, single

center, middle, inside

to grasp, to hold, to seize

to string together, to pierce through, a skewer, a series or chain of things

a small round object, pellet, ball, pill

red, cinnabar-red

king, lord, master, sovereign

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惘

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