渾

简 浑 · 繁 渾
Mandarin · pinyin hún

Meanings

  1. muddy; turbid
  2. brainless; foolish
  3. (bound form) simple; natural
  4. (bound form) whole; entire; all over
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浑
hún · muddy, turbid; blend, merge, mix
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2 · hun2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwan2 · wan4 · wan6

Cantonese word readings for 渾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. (obsolete) sound of spouting water
  2. muddy; turbid
  3. foolish; stupid
  4. simple and natural; unsophisticated
  5. whole; complete
  6. (literary) simply, in short
  7. (literary) still
  8. name of several rivers
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 吐谷渾/吐谷浑 (tǔyùhún)
  10. a surname

character

  1. large
  2. to mix; to muddle
  3. simple; plain
  4. pure
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 渾天/浑天
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 渾天儀/浑天仪 (húntiānyí)

character

  1. only used in 渾渾/浑浑 (gǔngǔn, “alternative form of 滾滾; rolling along”)
  2. to fall

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