混 mix

11 strokes

(waterleft) + 昆 (insect) (Same-ON)

ONYOMI: KON

Mix the insects in a bowl with water and some pine CONEs, for some free and fun soup!

DESCRIPTION: -

KUNYOMI:

( を ) ま＊ぜる: I blend the ingredients (BOOBOO: unlike the other まぜる　（交ぜる）, this word is used for technical stuff- science or cooking.
( が ) ま＊ざる: it gets mixed
( が ) こ＊む: to be crowded (usually in the present perfect：こんでる!)
( が ) ま＊じる: get mixed up in a situation: wrong place, wrong time.

JUKUGO:

混乱する ( こんらんする): What you are experiencing right now while studying Japanese!
混 (mix) + 乱 (disorder) = 混乱 (confusion)

LOOKALIKES:

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
混	mix	INSECTS	昆
潜	lurk	HUSBAND	夫

You mix INSECTS in your bug-shake (mmmm!!) but a lurking HUSBAND steals it from you. Yoink.