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】 copious (flowing)

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

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
return, answer, fade, repay
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
  • 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
  • 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
  • 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip

Kun reading compounds

  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • retornar
  • responder
  • desvanecer
  • pagar

French

  • rendre
  • répondre
  • s'estomper
  • rembourser
316 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
586 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4670 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
307 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
950 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
442 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
733 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38758P Morohashi
3060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6020 New Nelson (John Haig)
725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
477 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
289 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2q4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3130.4 Four corner code
1-42-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fd4 Unicode hex code