混 — Chinese character
混
hùn
muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
- Pinyin
- hùn
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 昆
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 昆
- Japanese
- 混 as a kanji
Common words with 混
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 混淆 | hùn xiáo | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混蛋 | hún dàn | scoundrel; bastard |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic |
| 混血 | hùn xuè | (of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race |
| 混杂 (混雜) | hùn zá | to mix; to mingle |
| 混战 (混戰) | hùn zhàn | chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting |
| 混合物 | hùn hé wù | mixture; composite |
| 混入 | hùn rù | to sneak into |
| 混为一谈 (混為一談) | hùn wéi yī tán | to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle |
English words written with 混
混 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Mencius 4B.18
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Exercise of Faculties
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