混

hún
#1,135 most
frequent character
muddy, brainless, Taiwan pr. [hun4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

混 has 氵 (water) as the meaning part and 昆 kūn as the sound part. Its first meaning was a big current of water, then 'muddy' for hún. Read hùn, it grew to 'mix up,' 'hang out,' 'drift along,' and 'reckless.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

混hùn
mix, confuse, pass off, muddle along

Homophones

魂hún
soul
浑hún
muddy, turbid, brainless, foolish

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