糊

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to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt; paste; mush; thick gruel

15 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,321 U+7CCA

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 (semantic, “grain”) + 胡 (phonetic, hú)

components: 米胡

batter · Heisig RSH #2029

米 rice + 胡 recklessly

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胡

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胡 (hú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
胡 sound component	hú	recklessly, foolishly; wildly
湖	hú	lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
葫	hú	bottle-gourd
蝴	hú	butterfly
瑚	hú	coral
鹕	hú	pelican
猢	hú	a kind of monkey found in western China
醐	hú	the purest cream

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
养家糊口	yǎng jiā hú kǒu	(idiom) to provide for one's family
模糊数学	mó hu shù xué	fuzzy mathematics
放着明白装糊涂	fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu	to pretend not to know (idiom)
模糊不清	mó hu bù qīng	indistinct; fuzzy; blurred with age
聪明一世，糊涂一时	cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí	(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in hi…
血肉模糊	xuè ròu mó hu	(idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome
马糊	mǎ hu	variant of 馬虎\|马虎[ma3 hu5]
面糊	miàn hù	panada; cooked flour paste; flour paste (used in crafts); batter (used in cooking); Taiwan…
面糊	miàn hu	(of food) starchy and soft
口糊	kǒu hú	indistinct in one's speech; defective in one's pronunciation
糊口	hú kǒu	to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty
糊口	hú kǒu	variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]
含糊不清	hán hú bù qīng	unclear; indistinct; ambiguous
糊名	hú míng	(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
烂泥糊不上墙	làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng	see 爛泥扶不上牆\|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
糊嘴	hú zuǐ	to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty
糊精	hú jīng	dextrin
含糊其词	hán hú qí cí	to equivocate; to talk evasively (idiom)
糊剂	hú jì	paste; glue
不含糊	bù hán hu	unambiguous; unequivocal; explicit; prudent; cautious; not negligent; unafraid; unhesitati…