Meaning & readings
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
On’yomi コウ
Kun’yomi まじ.わる、まじ.える、ま.じる、まじ.る、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、-か.う、か.わす、かわ.す、こもごも
Nanori かた
Origin
This character most likely shows two things crossing or coming together. The top component represents something like a roof or covering, while the bottom resembles a figure or person. When these two elements are stacked and overlap in the character's shape, they create the visual idea of things meeting, mingling, or passing through each other. This picture of intersection or overlap led to the meaning of "mingle" and "coming and going" — the core sense of things meeting and mixing together.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 亠
- 父
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 6
- Kangxi radical
- 8
- Grade
- Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #178 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+04EA4