Memory phrase for the Kanji: 沌




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Meaning

confused, turbid

Pronunciation

dùn

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)

Mnemonic


 
If you build in a swamp (= where there is water and grass and shoots) a barracks, things get confused.

Radicals

waterSimplified from this water 水
barracksbarracks, to station (soldiers), village
lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

混沌 hùn dùn  primal chaos; formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology; muddled; innocent as a baby
混沌学 hùn dùn xué  chaos theory (math.)
混沌学 hùn dùn xué  


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