混 – mix, blend, confuse

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#824 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 混 means mix, blend, confuse. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コン (kon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ま.じる、-ま.じり、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、こ.む (majiru, majiri, mazaru, mazeru, komu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コン	kon
Kun’yomi	ま.じる	majiru
Kun’yomi	-ま.じり	majiri
Kun’yomi	ま.ざる	mazaru
Kun’yomi	ま.ぜる	mazeru
Kun’yomi	こ.む	komu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・日・比.

Words using 混

混雑こんざつcongestion混乱こんらんdisorder混ざるまざるto be mixed混じるまじるto be mixed混ぜるまぜるto mix混合こんごうmixing混血こんけつmixed race混同こんどうconfusion取り混ぜるとりまぜるto mix

Example sentences

その道は車で混雑している。

The roads are jammed with cars.

Tatoeba #207425

国会は混乱のうちに散会した。

The Diet broke up in confusion.

Tatoeba #173078

私たちは、いろんな人種の混ざり合った集団だから、私は、誰がセルビア人で、誰がクロアチア人で、誰がイスラム教徒かなんてちっとも知らなかったわ。

We're a mixed group and I never knew who was a Serb, a Croat or a Muslim.

Tatoeba #166788

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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