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慌

disconcerted
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingあわ.てる、あわ.ただしい

Verbs with «慌»

慌てる

Meanings

  1. disconcertedRtK
    彼は慌てて飛び出していった。He dashed out in confusion.tatoeba
    彼は慌てていたのでドアを開けたままだった。In his haste he left the door open.tatoeba
  2. be confused
  3. lose one's head
  1. to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised)
  2. to be flustered
  3. to panic
  4. to hurry
  5. to rush

Popular Usage

慌てる慌ただしい

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Freud · state of mind · laid waste · wreath · flowers (艹) · deceased · perish · top hat (亠) · fishhook · stream · flood

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 671

Compound words

慌てていて階段から落ちてしまいました。
I fell down the stairs in my haste.tatoeba
今朝は非常に慌てていたので、テレビをつけたまま外出してしまった。
I was in such a hurry this morning that I went out leaving the TV on.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

慌ただしく引き出しを漁って必要な書類を取り出した
あわただしくひきだしをあさってひつようなしょるいをとりだしたHastily rummaging through the drawer for necessary documents.
食事中、突然の訪問客に慌てて対応する
しょくじちゅう、とつぜんのほうもんきゃくにあわててたいおうするI panicked while hastily responding to an unexpected visitor during a meal.
ポイントカードが見つからずレジで慌ててしまった
ぽいんとかーどがみつからずれじであわててしまったI panicked at the register when I couldn't find my point card.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

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