hún

muddy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

军 sound component

  Sound component

jūn

  

army

Evolution

浑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
浑 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
浑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
浑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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hún

muddy, turbid; blend, merge, mix; muddy; to mix

Most common words with 浑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浑身

all over

muddy

浑蛋

scoundrel

浑浊

muddy

浑然

completely