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Chinese symbol for “muddy”

混
hún
muddy; turbid (variant of 浑 (hún)); brainless; foolish (variant of 浑 (hún)); Taiwan pr. [hun4]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for muddy is 混 (hún), defined as: muddy; turbid (variant of 浑 (hún)); brainless; foolish (variant of 浑 (hún)); Taiwan pr. [hun4].

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

混 hún
muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “muddy”

WordPinyinMeaning
泥泞 (泥濘)ní nìngmuddy; mud
沾满 (沾滿)zhān mǎnmuddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc)
浑 (渾)húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish
浑浊 (渾濁)hún zhuómuddy; turbid
泞 (濘)nìngmuddy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 混.

WordPinyinMeaning
混乱 (混亂)hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
混淆hùn xiáoto obscure; to confuse
混蛋hún dànscoundrel; bastard
混沌hùn dùnprimal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic

See also: Japanese symbol for “muddy”.

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.

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