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馄

hún

Character Traditional 餛

What 馄 means

1. used in {馄饨|hún tun} and {馄炖|hún dùn}

Words starting with 馄

• 馄饨hún tunwonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. hún dun
• 馄炖hún dùnsee 馄饨

Characters built on 昆

These share the phonetic component 昆 (kūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 混hùnto mix; to mingle; muddled
• 棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
• 辊gǔnroller
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 琨kūn(jade)
• 醌kūnquinone (chemistry)
• 锟kūnsteel sword
• 绲gǔncord; embroidered sash; to sew

Characters that look like 馄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 银yínsilver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 馅xiànfilling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read hún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 魂soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 浑muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 混muddy; turbid (variant of 浑; brainless; foolish (variant of 浑; Taiwan pr. hùn
• 珲(fine jade)
• 楎clothes-horse
• 餫variant of 馄