Radical and Phonetic
Radical
Total Number of Strokes 11
Number of Strokes 8
Mandarin Reading xiáo
TeoChew Phonetic
Chinese Definitions
淆 <动>
(形声。从水,肴声。本义:错杂;混杂)
同本义 [confuse]
淆,乱也,杂也。――《字汇》
又如:淆舛(混杂错乱);淆紊(混杂纷乱);淆讹(搅乱,弄错)
彻底地搀和;搅合 [mix]
澄之不清,淆之不浊,不可量也。――《后汉书》
淆(殽)xiáo混杂,错乱:混~不清。~之不浊。
English Definitions
confused, in disarray, mixed up
Homoionym
References
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