Memory phrase for the character: 沌


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Meaning confused, turbid

Pronunciation

dùn

Explanation

Left: water , right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground 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

Water
barracksbarracks, to station (soldiers), village
lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 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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