Hanja Analyzer
混

混 — hon, gon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
섞을 혼, 서쪽 오랑캐 곤
Romanization
hon, gon
English
to mix, blend, mingle; to bumble along
Mandarin
hùn
Japanese on'yomi
コン, ゴン
Japanese kun'yomi
ま.じる -ま.じり ま.ざる ま.ぜる こ.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#824 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
昆(곤)
Unicode
U+6DF7

Parts that make up 混

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 昆 맏 곤, 덩어리 혼sound 벌레의 몸과 다리‘곤·혼’ 계열의 소리

How 混 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 混 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 昆.

Korean example words with 混

  • 혼류混流 Korean gloss: 뒤섞여 흐름
  • 혼석混石 Korean gloss: 자갈과 모래가 섞인 것
  • 혼용混用 Korean gloss: 한데 섞어 쓰거나 어울러 씀
  • 혼방混紡 Korean gloss: 성질이 다른 섬유를 섞어서 짬
  • 혼숙混宿 Korean gloss: 남녀가 여럿이 한데 뒤섞이어 잠
  • 혼림混林 Korean gloss: 여러 가지의 나무가 뒤섞여 있는 수풀
  • 혼주混酒 Korean gloss: 두 가지 이상의 술을 섞어서 만든 술
  • 혼화混和 Korean gloss: 한데 섞이어 합쳐짐. 또는 한데 섞음
  • 혼조混潮 Korean gloss: 일정한 흐름을 예측할 수 없이 혼란스러운 상태
  • 혼혈混血 Korean gloss: 서로 인종이 다른 혈통이 섞임. 또는 그 혈통
  • 혼획混獲 Korean gloss: 어획 대상종에 섞여서 다른 종류의 물고기가 함께 잡힘
  • 혼전混戰 Korean gloss: 두 편이 어지럽게 뒤섞여서 승패를 가름할 수 없을 만큼 치열하게 다툼

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 混

  • 混乱こんらん disorder; chaos; confusion
  • 混迷こんめい turmoil; chaos; confusion
  • 混戦こんせん confused fight; free-for-all; melee
  • 混雑こんざつ congestion; crush; crowding
  • 混合こんごう mixing; mixture; meld
  • 混ぜ合わすまぜあわす to mix together; to blend; to compound
  • 混血こんけつ mixed race; mixed parentage
  • 混成こんせい mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
  • 混入こんにゅう mixing; blending; adding
  • 混同こんどう confusion; mixing; merger
  • 混血児こんけつじ child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child
  • 混沌こんとん chaos; confusion; disorder

Characters sharing the phonetic 昆

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “곤” in Korean.

Other hanja read “혼”

Other hanja with radical 水

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences