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].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “muddy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泥泞 (泥濘) | ní nìng | muddy; mud |
| 沾满 (沾滿) | zhān mǎn | muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) |
| 浑 (渾) | hún | muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish |
| 浑浊 (渾濁) | hún zhuó | muddy; turbid |
| 泞 (濘) | nìng | muddy |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
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.