Chinese symbol for “mixed”
杂
zá
Traditional: 雜
mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mixed is 杂 (zá), defined as: mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mixed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 混编 (混編) | hùn biān | mixed |
| 错杂 (錯雜) | cuò zá | mixed; jumbled |
| 混交 | hùn jiāo | mixed (growth of wood) |
| 花花搭搭 | huā hua dā dā | mixed; uneven in texture |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated; complex |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
| 杂交 (雜交) | zá jiāo | to hybridize; to crossbreed |
| 杂种 (雜種) | zá zhǒng | hybrid; mixed breed |
| 混杂 (混雜) | hùn zá | to mix; to mingle |
| 杂草 (雜草) | zá cǎo | weeds |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mixed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.