漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
混: mix, blend
Also: confuse
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 昆 gives the sound
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 混浴こんよくco-ed bathing
- 混声合唱こんせいがっしょうco-ed chorus
- 混同するこんどうするconfuse, mix, merge
- 混合するこんごうするmix
- 混入するこんにゅうするmix in, adulterate
- 混雑するこんざつするbe crowded, be congested
- 混乱するこんらんするbe in disorder, confusion, chaos
まじるmajiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 混じるまじるmix, blend [v.i.]
まざるmazaru · kun'yomi
- 混ざるまざるmix, blend [v.i.]
まぜるmazeru · kun'yomi
- 混ぜるまぜるmix, stir [v.t.]
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 混むこむbe crowded, be congested
Also read -まじり, こむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hùn
Same form: 混 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 混 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 混 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hùn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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