惑
ワク, まど.う

beguile, delusion, perplexity

JLPT1 G7 S12 F777

As per 或# (enclosure) + 心 heart/emotions → feelings of being circumscribed → *perplexity* (← be at a loss how to escape confinement) → *mislead*; *go astray* (← cause/result of perplexity).

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