Word Meaning 混交

こんこう konkou

混交 is read as こんこう (konkou) and means contamination.

Meaning

English

  1. contamination
  2. mixture
  3. intermixture
  4. mixing up
  5. jumbling together

Reading

Kana

こんこう

Romaji

konkou

Writing Variants

  • 混淆 こんこう konkou
  • 渾淆 こんこう konkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 78698 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

混交林

こんこうりん

mixed forest

玉石混交

ぎょくせきこんこう

mixture of wheat and chaff

諸教混交

しょきょうこんこう

syncretism

神仏混交

しんぶつこんこう

synthesis of Shintoism and Buddhism

異種族混交

いしゅぞくこんこう

interracial marriage

虚実混交

きょじつこんこう

mishmash of truth and untruth

雅俗混交

がぞくこんこう

mixture of both culture and vulgarism

和漢混交文

わかんこんこうぶん

mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

混ぜる

まぜる

to mix

混じる

まじる

to be mixed

混ざる

まざる

to be mixed

混乱

こんらん

disorder

Example Sentences

1

The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.