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hún

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hún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hún | hun2
English translation
blended, mixed; muddy, turbid

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About hún

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

hún

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of hún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵軍

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jūn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and jūn represents the sound. Simplified form of hún .

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Words with hún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
浑身 húnshēn all over渾身
hún muddy hún
浑蛋 hún dàn scoundrel渾蛋
浑浊 hún zhuó muddy渾濁
浑然 hún rán completely渾然
浑浑噩噩 hún hún è è muddleheaded渾渾噩噩
浑厚 hún hòu simple and honest渾厚
浑身解数 hún shēn xiè shù to give it your all渾身解數
雄浑 xióng hún vigorous雄渾
浑然一体 hún rán yī tǐ to blend into one another渾然一體
浑河 Hún Hé Hun River渾河
浑圆 hún yuán perfectly round渾圓
浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain渾水摸魚
浑然天成 hún rán tiān chéng to resemble nature itself渾然天成
吐谷浑 Tǔ yù hún Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 Xiān bēi nomadic people吐谷渾
浑然不知 hún rán bù zhī to be totally oblivious (to sth)渾然不知
浑源县 Hún yuán xiàn Hunyuan county in Datong 大同 Dà tóng [Dà​tóng], Shanxi渾源縣
浑如 hún rú very similar渾如
浑源 Hún yuán Hunyuan county in Datong 大同 Dà tóng [Dà​tóng], Shanxi渾源
浑天仪 hún tiān yí armillary sphere (astronomy)渾天儀
犯浑 fàn hún confused犯渾
浑天说 hún tiān shuō geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy渾天說

hún Decomposition & Compounds

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