Memory phrase for the character: 混

混

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Meaning

mingle, to mix, confused, reckless, muddy

Pronunciation

hún, hùn

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (originally: insect with carapace 日 and legs 比)

Mnemonic
 
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mingled / mixed.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
昆 insectAnother meaning of this character is "older borther [kūn]" - Also this character 虫 means insect.
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 Vocabulary

混和 hùn huò  mixture; amalgam
混沌 hùn dùn  primal chaos; formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology; muddled; innocent as a baby
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái  to confuse black and white; to say that black is white; fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
混淆 hùn xiáo  to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead
混浊 hùn zhuó  turbid; muddy; dirty
混合物 hùn hé wù  mixture
混乱 hùn luàn  confusion; chaos; disorder
混凝土 hùn níng tǔ  concrete
混合 hùn hé  to mix; to blend
混沌学 hùn dùn xué  chaos theory (math.)
混沌学 hùn dùn xué  

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