Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
mix, blend, confuse
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
824 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 混 【コン】 (traffic) congestion, heavy traffic
  • 混血 【コンケツ】 mixed race, mixed parentage
  • 麻混 【アサコン】 hemp blend, linen blend
  • 滾々 【コンコン】 (flowing) copiously

Kun reading compounds

  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 混む 【こむ】 to be crowded, to be packed, to be congested, to be thronged (with)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hun3, hun2, hun4
Korean:
hon, gon

Spanish

  • mezclar
  • mezclarse
  • confundir
  • estar mezclado
  • agitar

Portuguese

  • misturar
  • mistura
  • confundir

French

  • mélanger
  • confusion
787 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
704 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
677 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
888 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2604 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
684 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
691 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
799 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
813 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
837 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1207 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
631 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
381 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
475 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
459 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17694 Morohashi
519 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3204 New Nelson (John Haig)
450 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
487 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
733 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
356 2001 Kanji
3a8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3611.1 Four corner code
1-26-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df7 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code