| Chinese Text Project |
| 惑 U+60D1 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 心+ 8 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.530#35 Kangxi: p.390#34 Cihai: p.534r3c02 GSR: 929.q Hanyu: v4,p2309#09 |
| Composition: | Top: 或, bottom: 心. Compositionally related: 惐 . Component of: 𤏘 𪏤 |
| Mandarin: | huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ |
| Cantonese: | waak6 |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》惑：亂也。从心或聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·德·或》惑：迷惑。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·八》惑：《廣韻》《正韻》戸國切《集韻》《韻會》穫北切。《說文》亂也。从心或聲。《廣韻》迷也。《增韻》疑也。又《諡法》滿志多窮曰惑。又熒惑，星名。又或作掝。《荀子·不苟篇》誰能以己之僬僬，受人之掝掝。亦通作或。《孟子》無或乎，王之不智也。《史記·賈誼服鳥賦》衆人或或。本作或，後加心以別之。 |
| Fanqie: | 胡國 (《廣韻·入聲·德·或》) |
| Unihan definition: | confuse, mislead, baffle; doubt |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." | |
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 既得人爵，而棄其天爵，則惑之甚者也，終亦必亡而已矣。 |
| And when they have obtained that, they throw away the other - their delusion is extreme. The issue is simply this, that they must lose that nobility of man as well. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 子曰：「上人疑則百姓惑，下難知則君長勞。」 |
| The Master said, "when the highest among men has doubts and perplexities, the common people go astray. When (the ministers) below him are difficult to be understood, the toil of the ruler is prolonged." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「若是則周公惑，孔子賊。」 |
| Yangzi said: If this were so, then the Duke of Zhou and Confucius merely confused and harmed later generations. | |
| 《墨子·節葬下》: | 而言即相非，行即相反，於此乎後世之君子，皆疑惑乎二子者言也 |
| But since they are disagreed in word and opposed in deed, people doubt the assertions of both. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 予惡乎知說生之非惑邪！ |
| How do I know that the love of life is not a delusion? | |
| 《道德經》: | 曲則全，枉則直，窪則盈，弊則新，少則得，多則惑。 |
| The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 姦不生則主不惑。 |
| And if wickedness does not originate, the ruler will not be suspicious. | |
| 《孫子兵法·謀攻》: | 不知三軍之事，而同三軍之政，則軍士惑矣。 |
| (2) By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 今廢禮者，是棄表也，故民迷惑而陷禍患，此刑罰之所以繁也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 賜也惑，敢問何謂？ |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 曰：《春秋》之道，視人所惑，為立說以大明之。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 行爽毀廉，然且弗舍，惑於利者也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 喜怒異慮，惑也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·鄉射》: | 諸侯射麋者，示達遠迷惑人也。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 知善而弗行謂之狂，知惡而不改謂之惑，故夫狂與惑者，聖王之戒也，而君子之愧也。 |
| 《新序·節士》: | 行爽廉毀，然且不舍，惑於利者也。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 蓋人有大惑而不能自知者，舍有而思無也，舍易而求難也 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 今世則不然，亂其教，繁其刑，使民迷惑而陷焉，又從而制之，故刑彌繁而盜不勝也。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 今商競鬻無用之貨、淫極侈之弊，以惑民取產，雖於淫商有得，然國計愈失矣。 |
| 《論衡·無形》: | 傳言宋景公出三善言，熒惑郤三舍，延年二十一載，是又虛也。 |
| 《太玄經·達》: | 測曰，「迷目達腹」、外惑其內也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 趙王彭祖、列侯讓等議曰：「安廢法，行邪僻，詐偽心，以亂天下，營惑百姓，背叛宗廟。」 |
| 《孔叢子·雜訓》: | 是故雖有本性，而加之以學，則無惑矣。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 百姓上下睹利害之存乎己也，故肅恭其心，慎脩其行，內不忒惑，外無異望，慮其暏去徼倖，無罪過不憂懼，請謁無所聽，財賂無所用，則民志平矣。 |
| 《忠經·觀風章》: | 不聰則惑其所聞，不明則蔽其所見。 |
| 《素書·求人之志章》: | 推古驗今，所以不惑。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 世俗以為自古而傳之者為重，以今之作者為輕，淡於所見，甘於所聞，惑於外貌，失於中情。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·女訓》: | 咸知飾其面，不修其心，惑矣。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 而欲恆其生，盡其終，惑於數也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 至神之極，見之不忒，匈乖不惑，務正一國。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 視瞑瞑，立井而飲，耕田而食，不布施，不求德，高下不相傾，長短不相形，風齊於俗可隨也，事周於能易為也，矜偽以惑世，軻行以迷眾，聖人不以為俗。 |
| 《文始真經·八籌》: | 關尹子曰：「均一物也，眾人惑其名，見物、不見道。」 |
| 《鬻子》: | 政曰：昔者魯周公曰：吾聞之於政也，知善不行者謂之狂，知惡不改者謂之惑。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 不邪淫，不惑亂也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 此十數人者，皆世之仁賢忠良有道術之士也，不幸而遇悖亂闇惑之主而死，然則雖賢聖不能逃死亡避戮辱者何也？ |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 其不明見，人惑之。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 姦臣之敗其主也，積漸積微，使主迷惑而不自知也。 |
| 《吳子·應變》: | 夫五軍五衢，敵人必惑，莫之所加。 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 七曰：偽方異伎，巫蠱左道，不祥之言，幻惑良民，王者必止之。 |
| 《司馬法·嚴位》: | 凡三軍人戒分日，人禁不息，不可以分食，方其疑惑，可師可服。 |
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