混 (hún)

muddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2]); brainless; foolish (variant of 渾

HSK 3.1 level 6
11 strokes

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 昆 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》：“混，豐流也。从水，昆聲。”

Components

氵 (meaning) — 氵 is a component form of 水.
昆 (sound)