混 (hùn)
To mix; to confuse; to muddle along.
How 混 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 混
- Simplified
- 混 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 日 sun/day
- 比 compare/compete
混 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- hún
- confused; dirty; to mix; muddy
- hùn
- to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along
Common words using 混
- 混亂 hùnluàn
- confusion; chaos; disorder
- 混蛋 húndàn
- scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum
- 混凝土 hùnníngtǔ
- concrete
- 混合 hùnhé
- to mix; to blend
- 混合物 hùnhéwù
- mixture
- 混戰 hùnzhàn
- civil war; muddled warfare; rough and tumble
- 混搭 hùndā
- to mix and match (of clothing etc)
- 混沌 hùndùn
- primal chaos; formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology; muddled
- 混淆 hùnxiáo
- to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
- 混血 hùnxuè
- hybrid
- 混血兒 hùnxuèér
- person of mixed blood; half-breed; mulatto
- 混雜 hùnzá
- to mix; to mingle
混 in a sentence
別把這兩種化學藥劑混在一起，很危險。
Bié bǎ zhè liǎng zhǒng huàxué yàojì hùn zài yìqǐ, hěn wēixiǎn.
“Don't mix these two chemicals together; it's very dangerous.”
How common is 混?
混 is the 1,135th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.1% of all running text.
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