adjective HSK 6 #7,135

Meanings

  1. 1 mixed; miscellaneous
  2. 2 messy; disorderly

Examples

HSK 3
Zhège fángjiān tài záluàn le.
This room is too messy.
HSK 3
Tā kàn le yī běn zázhì.
He read a magazine.
HSK 5
Zhè piān wénzhāng nèiróng záluàn, quēfá jīběn de luóji.
This article's content is jumbled and lacks basic logic.

Tips

usage
appears in 杂志 (magazine), 复杂 (complex), 杂乱 (messy), and 杂技 (acrobatics). The traditional form is much more complex than the simplified .

Components

radical
tree; wood
The tree radical at the base indexes in modern usage. In the traditional the was hidden inside the lower portion; the simplification has lifted it into clear view as the dictionary anchor for 'mixed, miscellaneous'.
semantic
jiǔ
nine; mixed shape (simplified residue)
The top two strokes are written as in the simplified form, replacing the much heavier traditional top (which had robes and short-tailed bird stacked together). here functions as a shape placeholder for 'many, various' - the mixing of disparate things.

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