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See also: 渇
混 U+6DF7, 混
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF7
← 淶
[U+6DF6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淸 →
[U+6DF8]

Translingual

Han character

混 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水日心心 (EAPP), four-corner 36111, composition ⿰氵昆)

Derived characters

  • 𠽞, 𮭓, 𦹲

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17694
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1036, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1648, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6DF7

Chinese

More information trad., simp. # ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 混, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (昆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡuːnʔ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 昆 (OC *kuːn).

Pronunciation 1

Note: 5huen (Suzhounese) - to waste (eg. 混日腳／混日脚 (5huen 8gniq ciaq7)).
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Definitions

混

  1. (literary, obsolete) torrential
  2. (literary or dialectal) turbid
  3. to mix; to blend
    搞混  ―  gǎohùn  ―  to confuse (two things); to mix up
    混為一談／混为一谈  ―  hùnwéiyītán  ―  to equate; to muddle
    把紅豆和綠豆混在一起 [MSC, trad.]
    把红豆和绿豆混在一起 [MSC, simp.]
    bǎ hóngdòu hé lǜdòu hùn zài yīqǐ [Pinyin]
    to mix red beans and green beans
  4. to pass off as
    魚目混珠／鱼目混珠  ―  yúmùhùnzhū  ―  to pass off fake products as genuine (literally, “to pass off fish eyes as pearls”)
    這人是怎麼混進來的？ [MSC, trad.]
    这人是怎么混进来的？ [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè rén shì zěnme hùn jìn lái de? [Pinyin]
    How did that person sneak in?
  5. to muddle along
    混日子  ―  hùnrìzi  ―  to muck around; to drift through the days
  6. to get along with somebody
    我很快就跟他們混熟了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我很快就跟他们混熟了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ hěn kuài jiù gēn tāmen hùn shú le. [Pinyin]
    I quickly became familiar with them.
    別跟流氓混在一起。 [MSC, trad.]
    别跟流氓混在一起。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié gēn liúmáng hùn zài yīqǐ. [Pinyin]
    Stop hanging out with hooligans.
  7. thoughtlessly; casually
  8. (literary) to unite; to combine
  9. (literary) to stir up trouble; to throw into disorder; to disrupt
  10. (Teochew) to disturb (someone)
  11. (literary) to joke
  12. used in 混沌 (hùndùn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 混 (“to mix”) [map]
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Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

混

  1. Used in personal names.
  2. alternative form of 渾 / 浑

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

混

  1. only used in 混混 (gǔngǔn, “alternative form of 滾滾; rolling along”)

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

混

  1. used in 混夷
  2. alternative form of 崑 / 昆 (Kūn)

References

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Kanji

混

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. to blend, mix, merge (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. to confuse

Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 混 (MC hwonX).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷo̞(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [혼(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

混 (eumhun 섞을 혼 (seokkeul hon))
混 (eumhun 흐릴 혼 (heuril hon))

  1. hanja form? of 혼 (“mix; confuse; blend”)
  2. hanja form? of 혼 (“turbid; unclear; confuse”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 混 (MC kwon).

Historical readings

Hanja

混 (eumhun 오랑캐 이름 곤 (orangkae ireum gon))

  1. hanja form? of 곤 (“a barbarian”)

Compounds

  • 곤이 (混夷, Goni, “tribes west of ancient China”)
  • 곤이태의 (混夷駾矣, gonitae'ui)

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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Vietnamese

Han character

混: Hán Nôm readings: hổn, hộn, hỗn, xổn, cổn, hỏn

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