糅 (róu): to mix together

Meanings

1 to mix together
2 to blend; to mingle

Characters

糅

róu

to mix; blend

Examples

这部电影把喜剧和悬疑糅在一起。

Zhè bù diànyǐng bǎ xǐjù hé xuányí róu zài yìqǐ.

This film blends comedy and suspense together.

他的文风糅合了多种风格。

Tā de wénfēng róuhé le duōzhǒng fēnggé.

His writing mixes together many different styles.

Tips

usage

Means to mix heterogeneous things together. It is most common in 糅合 ('to blend') and 杂糅 ('to mix indiscriminately').

Components

radical

米 mǐ

rice; grain

Rice, the radical on the left. The original sense was mixing different grains together, so the grain radical anchors 'to blend', the same family as 粕.

phonetic

柔 róu

soft; pliant; phonetic

Soft, supplying the sound róu with an exact match. Its 'pliant, blending' flavor faintly suits things mingling smoothly. The same element gives 揉 (to knead).