混淆
hùn​xiáo HSK7

obscure

混 hùn, hún to mix

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 昆 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːnʔ
Unicodehuə̌n

說文解字

《說文》：“混，豐流也。从水，昆聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

淆 xiáo confused

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

肴
肴 Sound component
yáo cooked or prepared meat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢraːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang