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混沌

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Chinese

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to mix; to get along; thoughtless
to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix
 
confused; turbid
trad. (混沌)
simp. #(混沌)
alternative forms 渾沌浑沌
渾敦浑敦 archaic
混淪混沦 archaic
渾淪浑沦 archaic
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Etymology

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Old Chinese *guːnʔ duːnʔ. The variant 渾淪浑沦 (húnlún) suggests that this perhaps came from *guːnʔ l̥uːnʔ ~ guːnʔ ruːnʔ, from **gruːnʔ, from the root *k(V)r- ("to flow > to mix > to be turbid, chaotic").

Related to 餛飩馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”) and 雲吞云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”).

Compare (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), Korean 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Initial () (33) (7)
Final () (55) (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwonX dwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuənX/ /duənX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuonX/ /duonX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuənX/ /duənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwənX/ /dwənX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuənX/ /duənX/
Wang
Li
/ɣuənX/ /duənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuənX/ /dʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hùn dùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan6 deon6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
No. 7536 12558
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡuːnʔ/ /*duːnʔ/

Noun

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混沌

  1. (Chinese mythology) Hundun (the unclear, confused and nebulous state of the primordial world)
  2. wholeness; inseparability
  3. unclearness; indistinctness; obscurity; vagueness; obfuscation
  4. silliness; stupidity
  5. (Chinese mythology) hundun (legendary faceless creature)
  6. (mathematics) chaos

Synonyms

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  • (Hundun): (literary, figurative) 䒌靘 (mìngqìng)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (混沌):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: 5
とん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
渾沌
 混沌 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Chinese 混沌 (hùndùn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(こん)(とん) (konton-tari (adnominal (こん)(とん)とした (konton to shita) or (こん)(とん)たる (konton taru), adverbial (こん)(とん) (konton to) or (こん)(とん)として (konton to shite))

  1. chaotic

Adverb

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(こん)(とん) (konton

  1. chaotically

Noun

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(こん)(とん) (konton

  1. chaos
    • 2014 March 8, “オシリスの(てん)(くう)(りゅう) [Osiris the Sky Dragon]”, in 決闘王の記憶 -決闘者の王国編- [Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc], Konami:
      (てん)(くう)(らい)(めい)(とどろ)(こん)(とん)(とき)(つら)なる(くさり)(なか)(いにしえ)()(どう)(しょ)(たば)ね、その(ちから)()(げん)(かぎ)りを(ほこ)らん。
      Tenkū ni raimei todoroku konton no toki, tsuranaru kusari no naka ni inishie no Madōsho o tabane, sono chikara mugen no kagiri o hokoran.
      Such power knows no bounds, it puts the ancient Sorcery Grimoires in tangling chains when chaos roars with thunder in the sky.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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混沌 (hondon) (hangeul 혼돈)

  1. hanja form? of 혼돈 (chaos)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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混沌

  1. chữ Hán form of hỗn độn (chaotic; disorderly).