In this article, we continue our very recent work by extending it to the complex case. Having been inspired by the real Hopfield neural network (HNN) results, our investigations here yield various novel results, some of which are as follows. First, extending the "biased pseudo-cut" concept to the complex HNN (CHNN) case, we introduce a "shadowcut" that is defined as the sum of intercluster phased edges. Second, while the discrete-time real HNN strictly minimizes the "biased pseudo-cut" in each neuron state change, the CHNN "tends" to minimize the shadow-cut (as the CHNN energy function is minimized). Third, these definitions pose a novel L-phased graph clustering (partitioning) problem in which the sum of the shadow-cuts is minimized (or maximized) for the Hermitian complex and the directed graphs whose edges are (possibly arbitrary positive/negative) complex numbers. Finally, combining the CHNN and the pioneering algorithm GADIA of Babadi and Tarokh and their modified versions, we propose simple indirect algorithms to solve the defined shadow-cuts minimization/maximization problem. The proposed algorithms naturally include the CHNN as well as the GADIA as its special cases. The computer simulations confirm the findings. Index Terms-Associative memory, clustering, complex Hopfield neural networks (CHNNs), GADIA, graphs with (positive and negative) complex edges, L-phased partitioning problem. I. INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION C OMPLEX-VALUED neural networks are becoming an emergent and rapidly developing field because they recently widened the scope of their applications to machine learning, imaging, remote sensing, optoelectronics, quantum neural systems, physiological neural systems, and artificial neural information processing [33], [34]. Complex-valued neural networks are as follows. 1) They are highly suitable not only for representing graphs with complex edges but also for processing the amplitude and phase. This is one of the core concepts in physical systems dealing with electromagnetic, light, and ultrasonic waves, as well as quantum waves [33]. 2) They utilize complex arithmetic, showing specific dynamic characteristics in their learning, self-organizing, and processing [33], [34]. These facts bring critical advantages to representing and modeling complicated relations among the nodes in complex graphs for solving various machine learning problems. In addition, they bring critical advantages in analyzing and processing Manuscript