Word Meaning 玉石混交

ぎょくせきこんこう gyokusekikonkou

玉石混交 is read as ぎょくせきこんこう (gyokusekikonkou) and means mixture of wheat and chaff.

Meaning

English

  1. mixture of wheat and chaff
  2. mixture of the good and bad
  3. jumble of wheat and tares

Reading

Kana

ぎょくせきこんこう

Romaji

gyokusekikonkou

Writing Variants

  • 玉石混淆 ぎょくせきこんこう gyokusekikonkou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Yojijukugo Rank 82449 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

玉石

ぎょくせき

gems and stones

玉石

たまいし

pebble

混交

こんこう

contamination

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

混交林

こんこうりん

mixed forest

黄玉石

おうぎょくせき

topaz

緑玉石

りょくぎょくせき

emerald

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.