What is the Kanji for "Flustered", "Bewildered", and "Confused"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Flustered", "Bewildered", and "Confused", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Flustered", "Bewildered", and "Confused" is "慌".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Awa".

Its onyomi reading is "Kou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "忄" . And The kanji "荒" means "Wild" and "Rough" and can be read as "Kou", "A", and "Ara".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "慌" mean in japanese?

"慌" means "Flustered", "Bewildered", and "Confused".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

慌てる: "Hurry" or "Panic". The Japanese verb '慌てる (あわてる)' means 'to hurry' or 'to panic'. This verb describes a state of being rushed, flustered, or frantic, often due to a sudden situation or emergency. It can be used to convey a sense of urgency, anxiety, or loss of composure. For example: Don't panic, we still have time - (慌てるな、まだ時間がある). I hurried to the station because I was running late - (電車に間に合うよう、慌てて駅に向かった).

慌ただしい: "Hurried" or "Rushed". The Japanese adjective '慌ただしい (あわただしい)' means 'hurried' or 'rushed'. It describes something that is done or occurring in a hasty, frantic, or disorganized manner. This word can be used to describe a situation, a person's actions, or a general atmosphere. For example: The streets were hurried during the morning rush hour - (朝の通勤時間には通りが慌ただしかった). She was rushing to get to the meeting on time - (彼女は会議に間に合うよう慌ただしく歩いていた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". And The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.