Radical
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
yáo xiáo
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
11 strokes
Mandarin
yáo / xiáo

Definitions by reading

ngao5
Mandarin equivalent yáo / xiáo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngao5 Chaoyang ngao5 Chenghai ngao5 Jieyang ngao5 Raoping ngao5 Shantou ngao5
淆 <动>
(形声。从水,肴声。本义:错杂;混杂)
同本义 [confuse]
淆,乱也,杂也。――《字汇》
又如:淆舛(混杂错乱);淆紊(混杂纷乱);淆讹(搅乱,弄错)
彻底地搀和;搅合 [mix]
澄之不清,淆之不浊,不可量也。――《后汉书》                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
淆(殽)xiáo混杂,错乱:混~不清。~之不浊。
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ngao5
Mandarin equivalent xiáo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngao5 Chaoyang ngao5 Chenghai ngao5 Jieyang ngao5 Raoping ngao5 Shantou ngao5
错杂,混乱:混淆不清
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

confused, in disarray, mixed up

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 二等 開口 肴韵 平声 胡茅切
Reconstruction:
Original

混淆濁水。

2
匣母 二等 開口 肴韵 平声 胡茅切
Reconstruction:
Original

溷殽,雜也,和也,亂也。