幻 huàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
幻觉
huànjué
hallucination; illusion
Characters in this word
觉 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- ⺍ sprouts 冖 cover 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期缺眠可能导致短暂幻觉，医生建议他立即停止高强度工作。 Chángqī quēmián kěnéng dǎozhì duǎnzàn huànjué, yīshēng jiànyì tā lìjí tíngzhǐ gāo qiángdù gōngzuò. Long-term sleep deprivation may cause brief hallucinations, so the doctor advised him to stop high-intensity work immediately.
- 魔术师利用观众的幻觉，让硬币一下子消失了。 Móshùshī lìyòng guānzhòng de huànjué, ràng yìngbì yíxiàzi xiāoshī le. The magician exploited the audience's illusion and made the coin vanish in an instant.
- 他总有一种被人跟着的幻觉，其实身后什么也没有。 Tā zǒng yǒu yì zhǒng bèi rén gēn zhe de huànjué, qíshí shēnhòu shénme yě méiyǒu. He always has the illusion of being followed, but in fact there is nothing behind him.
Related words
- 幻想 huànxiǎng to fantasize; fantasy, illusion
- 科幻 kēhuàn science fiction
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
- 幻影 huànyǐng phantom; illusion; apparition
- 梦幻 mènghuàn dreamlike; fantasy
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 睡觉 shuìjiào to sleep, to go to bed
- 感觉 gǎnjué to feel; feeling
- 自觉 zìjué self-disciplined
- 发觉 fājué to notice; to discover
- 视觉 shìjué vision