慌 means “panic, fluster”

あわてる · awateru

Also: disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): あわてる, あわただしい
On'yomi (Chinese reading): コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

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A heart (忄) beside 荒, wild and rough: a heart thrown into a storm. 慌てる is to panic or rush, 慌ただしい is hectic, like the last days of the year, and 恐慌 is panic that grips the markets, as in 世界恐慌, the Great Depression.

Used in 慌てる (awateru, to panic), 慌ただしい (awatadashii, hectic), and 恐慌 (kyoukou, panic/financial crisis)

慌 means “panic, fluster”

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