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The character '浑' is structurally composed of the water radical combined with the phonetic component '军', a formation that originally conveyed the specific concept of muddy or turbid water. From this literal foundation, its semantic scope gradually expanded to adopt figurative meanings, such as denoting entirety or wholeness in expressions like '浑身', which translates to 'the whole body'. This conceptual shift further allowed the character to acquire additional layers of meaning, including a sense of straightforward simplicity or unadorned nature in certain linguistic contexts, thereby illustrating a transition from concrete physical descriptions to more abstract qualitative applications. The traditional counterpart '渾' retains an identical configuration, preserving the visual link to its aquatic origins while supporting the character's evolved semantic range.
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河水变得很浑浊。
他浑身都被雨淋湿了。
别把清水和浑水混在一起。
小孩玩得浑身都是泥土。
他说话总是浑不讲理。
经过沉淀，缸里的浑水变清了。
他刚睡醒，脑子还有点浑浑噩噩。
这个解释听起来有点浑，需要更清晰一点。