淆

xiáo

confused and disorderly

mixed; Taiwan pr. [yao2]

water (氵) + sound xiao (肴) = things churned into confusion

氵carries the meaning: things mixed and swirling like water churned into chaos. 肴 mainly contributes the sound xiáo and does not drive the sense of disorder.

氵+肴→淆

氵WaterSemantic

肴Cooked meatPhonetic

这两个概念很容易被混淆。

zhè liǎng gè gàiniàn hěn róngyì bèi hùnxiáo。

These two concepts are very easily confused with each other.

他故意混淆视听，让大家搞不清楚真相。

tā gùyì hùnxiáo shìtīng，ràng dàjiā gǎo bù qīngchǔ zhēnxiàng。

He deliberately confused and misled everyone, making it hard for people to see the truth.

Words with 淆

淆乱

xiáo luàn

to confuse

淆杂

xiáo zá

to mix up

混淆

hùn xiáo

to obscure

混淆是非

hùn xiáo shì fēi

to confuse right and wrong (idiom)

混淆视听

hùn xiáo shì tīng

to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods

混淆黑白

hùn xiáo hēi bái

to confuse black and white

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