浑 (hún): muddy, turbid, brainless, foolish, (bound form) simple, natural
浑 (hún) is a Chinese character meaning “muddy.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 军 (phonetic). It ranks #1964 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浑 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- muddy
- turbid
- brainless
- foolish
- (bound form) simple
- natural
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浑身 | hún shēn | all over |
| 浑蛋 | hún dàn | variant of 混蛋[hun2 dan4] |
| 浑浑噩噩 | hún hún è è | (idiom) muddleheaded |
| 浑浊 | hún zhuó | muddy |
| 浑水摸鱼 | hún shuǐ mō yú | to fish in troubled water (idiom) |
| 浑然不知 | hún rán bù zhī | to be totally oblivious (to sth) |
| 浑厚 | hún hòu | simple and honest |
| 浑然 | hún rán | completely |
| 浑圆 | hún yuán | perfectly round |
| 浑然天成 | hún rán tiān chéng | to resemble nature itself |
| 浑然一体 | hún rán yī tǐ | to blend into one another |
| 浑身上下 | hún shēn shàng xià | all over |
| 浑然不觉 | hún rán bù jué | totally unaware |
| 浑身解数 | hún shēn xiè shù | to give it your all |
| 浑天说 | hún tiān shuō | geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy |
浑 appears in 37 compound words: 78 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 浑.
Example Sentences
清晨的浑面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de hún miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The murky water glistened in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
娜扎内衣照曝光 浑圆美胸一览无遗
娜 zhā nèi yī zhào pù guāng hún yuán měi xiōng yī lǎn wú yí
Nazha's underwear photos are exposed, and the round and beautiful breasts are at a glance
浑水专栏│《夜王》想说的真正香港(浑水)
hún shuǐ zhuān lán yè wáng xiǎng shuō de zhēn zhèng xiāng gǎng ( hún shuǐ )
Muddy Waters Column│The Real Hong Kong that "Night King" wants to talk about (Muddy Waters)
泫雅发辣照反击怀孕传言 浑圆测乳包不住
泫 yǎ fā là zhào fǎn jī huái yùn chuán yán hún yuán cè rǔ bāo bù zhù
HyunA posted a spicy photo to counter pregnancy rumors, and the round breast test could not be contained
那个学生被老师盯着看，觉得浑身不自在。
Nàge xuésheng bèi lǎoshī dīng zhe kàn, juéde húnshēn bù zìzai.
The student became very nervous with the teacher watching him.
我浑身都被雨水给淋湿了。你现在能不能开车来接我？
Wǒ húnshēn dōu bèi Yǔshuǐ gěi línshī le. nǐ xiànzài néng bù néng kāichē lái jiē wǒ?
I'm completely soaked from the rain. Can you drive over and pick me up right now?
我宁愿到不喜欢的公司工作，也不想浑浑噩噩的又过一年。
Wǒ nìngyuàn dào bù xǐhuan de gōngsī gōngzuò, yě bù xiǎng húnhún'è'è de yòu guo yī nián.
I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
我无论是什么东西也要记进笔记本里；没有了笔记本，我就会浑身不自在。
Wǒ wúlùn shì shénme dōngxi yě yào jì jìn bǐjìběn lǐ; méiyǒu le bǐjìběn, wǒ jiù huì húnshēn bù zìzai.
I write everything down; I feel uneasy without my notebook.
Character Family
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