浑

渾

hún

军 + 氵

Definitions

hún (adjective) muddy; turbid

hún (verb) to mix; to blend

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 渾.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 军

About

浑 (traditional form 渾) is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 on the left gives the meaning, and the phonetic 军 on the right, simplified from 軍 (army), indicates the sound. Its original sense described water that was muddy or turbid. This later extended figuratively to muddled or foolish thinking, and to the idea of something wholly blended into an undifferentiated mass, hence "whole" or "complete".

Etymology Hide

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

河水变得很浑浊。

Hé shuǐ biàn dé hěn húnzhuó.

The river water has become very muddy.

他浑身都被雨淋湿了。

Tā húnshēn dōu bèi yǔ línshī le.

He was soaked all over by the rain.

别把清水和浑水混在一起。

Bié bǎ qīngshuǐ hé húnshuǐ hùn zài yīqǐ.

Don't mix the clean water with the muddy water.

小孩玩得浑身都是泥土。

Xiǎohái wán dé húnshēn dōu shì nítǔ.

The child played until he was covered in mud all over.

他说话总是浑不讲理。

Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì hún bù jiǎnglǐ.

He always speaks in an utterly unreasonable way.

经过沉淀，缸里的浑水变清了。

Jīngguò chéndiàn, gāng lǐ de húnshuǐ biàn qīng le.

After settling, the muddy water in the vat became clear.

他刚睡醒，脑子还有点浑浑噩噩。

Tā gāng shuì xǐng, nǎozi hái yǒudiǎn húnhún'è'è.

He just woke up and his mind is still a bit muddled.

这个解释听起来有点浑，需要更清晰一点。

Zhège jiěshì tīng qǐlái yǒudiǎn hún, xūyào gèng qīngxī yīdiǎn.

This explanation sounds a bit muddled and needs to be clearer.

Related Characters

Component: 军

Component: 氵

浑