渾渾

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Chinese

muddy muddy
trad. (渾渾) 渾 渾
simp. (浑浑) 浑 浑

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 渾
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸昆切
Baxter hwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuən/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuon/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwən/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuən/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 渾
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hún
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwon ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁr/
English chaotic

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渾
Reading # 1/2
No. 7321
Phonetic
component 		軍
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		䰟
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡuːn/

Adjective

渾渾

  1. (literary) ignorant
  2. (literary) simple and honest

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 渾
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡本切
Baxter hwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwənX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuənX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣuənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 渾
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hún
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁurʔ/
English chaotic

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渾
Reading # 2/2
No. 7328
Phonetic
component 		軍
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		混
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡuːnʔ/

Adjective

渾渾

  1. (literary) large
  2. (literary) numerous and disorderly

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 渾渾 – see 滾滾 (“rolling along; billowing; churning; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 滾滾).

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渾 渾
こん
Jinmeiyō 		こん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 渾渾 – see the following entry.
【滾々こんこん】
(of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing
(figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous
jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state
tumbling, rolling
Alternative spellings
滾滾, 渾々, 混々, 混混, コンコン
(This term, 渾渾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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