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The character "惚" structurally combines the heart radical 忄 with the component "忽", which provides phonetic guidance while also contributing semantically through its meanings of suddenness or neglect, thus originally conveying a sudden departure of mental focus. In classical usage, it often appeared in philosophical or literary contexts to describe a state of profound mental abstraction or trance, particularly within Daoist traditions referencing altered states of consciousness. Over time, its application gradually narrowed from these specialized spiritual connotations to more commonly denote ordinary absent-mindedness or confusion, reflecting a semantic shift towards everyday psychological states while retaining its core implication of a distracted or bewildered mind.
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他看起来有点恍惚。
她在恍惚中听到了声音。
我恍惚记得那个地方。
老人常常陷入恍惚的状态。
悲伤使她精神恍惚。
在高温下工作容易让人恍惚。
他恍惚间以为自己回到了童年。
尽管他努力集中注意力，但恍惚的感觉始终萦绕不去。