entries → 渾
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
character · C1 (est.)
渾 =
ㄏㄨㄣˊ · hún
adj — muddy, turbid; whole, simple-hearted

字源 FORM — what the parts do

water
jūn — gives the sounda chariot 車 ringed by an army — to encircle, troops
{j,h}Ijūn → hún — palatal worn back to h
Water (氵) with 軍 jūn, an army wheeled into a ring. Stir up the riverbed and the silt clouds the whole body of water — muddy, turbid (渾濁, 渾水). From the whole clouding at once: 渾然一體 (all of a piece), and a thick, undivided plainness (渾厚). The sound slid from jūn to hún.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

河底一攪,泥沙把整片水()都染濁了。
Stir the riverbed and the silt clouds the whole sheet of water (氵).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)渾濁、渾水— muddy, turbid常用
渾然、渾身— wholly, all over常用
渾厚、渾樸— thick, simple-hearted
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension