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This character, 混, conveys meanings of mixing, blending, or confusing. It is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 (shuǐ) on the left provides the semantic category of liquids, while the component 昆 (kūn) on the right serves as the phonetic element. The water radical originally evoked the physical act of mixing liquids together. Over time, its usage expanded to describe social mingling or abstract confusion.
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他把水和酒混合了。
这个地方很混乱。
他整天在街上混日子。
别把不同的问题混在一起。
他试图混入人群中。
这种混合物不容易分离。
在混乱中，他失去了方向。
他靠混关系拿到了那份工作。