Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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 Water
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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