Kanji N2

混: mix, blend, confuse

混 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning mix, blend, confuse, written with 11 strokes. It is read コン (on) and まじる, まざる, まぜる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 混乱 (こんらん, disorder) and 混合 (こんごう, mixing).

混

Meanings

  • mix
  • blend
  • confuse
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#824 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まじる
  • -まじり
  • まざる
  • まぜる
  • こむ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 混

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 混乱こんらん

    disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

    JLPT N3
  • 混合こんごう

    mixing; mixture; meld

    JLPT N2
  • 混雑こんざつ

    congestion; crush; crowding; jam

    JLPT N3
  • 混じるまじる

    to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined

    JLPT N2
  • 混ぜるまぜる

    to mix; to stir; to blend

    JLPT N2
  • 混ざるまざる

    to be mixed; to be blended with

    JLPT N2
  • 混凝土コンクリート

    concrete

    JLPT N2
  • 混血こんけつ

    mixed race; mixed parentage

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.