淆
xiáo
confused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. [yao2]
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
confuse · Heisig RSH #2532
水 water + sheaf + 有 possess
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 淆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混淆黑白 | to confuse black and white; to say that black is white; fig. not to distinguish right from… | |
| 混淆是非 | to confuse right and wrong (idiom) | |
| 混淆视听 | to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate fals… | |
| 淆乱 | to confuse; to befuddle | |
| 淆杂 | to mix up; to muddle | |
| 混淆 | to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肴 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肴 sound part | cooked or prepared meat | |
| 崤 | a mountain in Henan |